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| *''] hierochuntica'', also known as the Rose of Jericho, native to deserts of North Africa | * '']'', 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 | ||
| ⚫ | *'']'', the resurrection fern | ||
| ⚫ | *'']'', native to North America, Central |
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| ⚫ | *'']'';<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 | ||
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| * '']''.<ref name="Bailey1916"/> | * '']''.<ref name="Bailey1916"/> | ||
| * '']'' | * '']'', a plant species native to Southern Africa | ||
| * '']'' | * '']'' | ||
| ⚫ | * '']'', a plant species native to North America, Central and South America, and sold as a novelty item<ref>http://faculty.ucc.edu/biology-ombrello/pow/resurrection_plant.htm</ref> | ||
| The first three of these are commonly known as ''Resurrection Plant''. | |||
| 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. | 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. | ||
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| ⚫ | * '']'', the resurrection fern | ||
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A resurrection plant is any plant with the habit of reviving after seeming to be dead or of seeming to revive when being in fact dead.
Examples include
- Anastatica hierochuntica, also known as the Rose of Jericho, a plant species native to deserts of North Africa
- Asteriscus;
- Mesembryanthemum.
- Myrothamnus flabellifolius, a plant species native to Southern Africa
- Ramonda serbica
- Selaginella lepidophylla, a plant species native to North America, Central and South America, and sold as a novelty item
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.
References
- ^ Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916). The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. Vol. 5. The Macmillan company. pp. 2920–2921, 3639.
- http://faculty.ucc.edu/biology-ombrello/pow/resurrection_plant.htm
See also
- Dinosaur plant
- Hygrochasy
- Pleopeltis polypodioides, the resurrection fern
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