Xerophyta

Xerophyta is a genus of flowering plants in the family Velloziaceae. It was named in 1789 by de Jussieu. It is native to Africa, Madagascar, and the Arabian Peninsula.

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GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderPandanales
FamilyVelloziaceae

Native toAngola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Djibouti, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal

Observations recorded6,693

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Specimen records: 227
With media: 171
Family: Velloziaceae
Collections: US, NY, MO
Recorded in: Angola, Brazil, Zambia, Madagascar, South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Namibia

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Velloziaceae
Image: Xerophyta retinervis00.jpg

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taxon name: Xerophyta
taxon rank: genus
Commons category: Xerophyta
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=12960
topic's main category: Category:Xerophyta
taxon common name: 黑炭木属

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Xerophyta is a genus of flowering plants in the family Velloziaceae. It was named in 1789 by de Jussieu. It is native to Africa, Madagascar, and the Arabian Peninsula.

Some species in this genus are poikilochlorophyllous plants. This means that during dry climatic conditions, they lose chlorophyll and cease photosynthesis and transpiration. Thus they are extremely tolerant of desiccation . Hence the name Xerophyta, from Ancient Greek ξηρός (xeros, "dry") and φυτά (phutá), plural of φυτόν (phutón, “plant”).

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