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| A '''resurrection plant | |||
| A '''resurrection plant''' is any ] plant that can survive extreme dehydration, even over months or years. | |||
| ]'' reviving within 3 hours after the addition of water.]] | |||
| Examples include | |||
| * '']'', also known as the Rose of Jericho, a plant species native to deserts of North Africa | |||
| * ];<ref name="Bailey1916">{{cite book|title=The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture|author=Liberty Hyde Bailey|publisher=The Macmillan company |year=1916 |volume=5 |pages=2920–2921; 3639 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=EpMDAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA2920 | |||
| }}</ref> | |||
| * '']''<ref name=Zhang2012>{{cite doi|10.1371/journal.pone.0030531}}</ref> | |||
| * '']'' | |||
| * '']''.<ref name="Bailey1916"/> | |||
| * '']'' | |||
| * '']'', a plant species native to Southern Africa | |||
| * '']'', a species in the Gesneriaceae family | |||
| * '']'', a plant species native to North America, Central and South America, and sold as a novelty | |||
| * '']'', a symbiosis that can survive in extreme ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://faculty.ucc.edu/biology-ombrello/pow/resurrection_plant.htm |title=Resurrection Plant |publisher=Faculty.ucc.edu |date= |accessdate=2012-01-30}}</ref> | |||
| Certain resurrection plants have long been sold in their dry, "lifeless" form as curiosities. This custom was noted by many 19th century authors, and continues today. | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * ] | |||
| * '']'', the resurrection fern | |||
| ==References== | |||
| {{reflist}} | |||
| {{Plant common name}} | |||
| {{DEFAULTSORT:Resurrection Plant}} | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| {{botany-stub}} | |||
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