# Hyobanche

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***Hyobanche*** are a genus of flowering plants in the broomrape family [Orobanchaceae](/source/Orobanchaceae), native to southern Africa. They are root parasites that cannot perform photosynthesis, and are only observed above ground when flowering.[2]

## Species

Currently accepted species include:

- *[Hyobanche atropurpurea](/source/Hyobanche_atropurpurea)* Bolus
- *[Hyobanche fulleri](/source/Hyobanche_fulleri)* E.Phillips
- *[Hyobanche hanekomii](/source/Hyobanche_hanekomii)* A.Wolfe
- *[Hyobanche robusta](/source/Hyobanche_robusta)* Schönland
- *[Hyobanche rubra](/source/Hyobanche_rubra)* N.E.Br.
- *[Hyobanche sanguinea](/source/Hyobanche_sanguinea)* [L.](/source/Carl_Linnaeus)
- *[Hyobanche thinophila](/source/Hyobanche_thinophila)* A.Wolfe

## References

1. [Mant. Pl.](/source/Mant._Pl.) 2: 155 (1771)

1. Wolfe, Andrea D. (2017). "Typification of *Hyobanche sanguinea* (Orobanchaceae) and the identity of *Hyobanche calvescens* and *Hyobanche glabrata*". *Phytotaxa*. **299**: 132. [doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.299.1.12](https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.299.1.12)

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