resurrection plant

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Noun

resurrection plant (plural resurrection plants)

  1. Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration, including those of two species principally called resurrection plant:
    1. Myrothamnus flabellifolius, a plant species native to Southern Africa
    2. Selaginella lepidophylla (flower of stone, resurrection moss, false rose of Jericho), a spikemoss native to North America, Central and South America
  2. Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species:
    1. Pleopeltis polypodioides (resurrection fern)
    2. Anastatica hierochuntica (rose of Jericho), a plant species native to deserts of North Africa
    3. Asteriscus spp.
    4. Boea hygroscopica (rock violet)
    5. Craterostigma plantagineum (blue carpet), of the families Linderniaceae with snapdragon-like flowers
    6. Haberlea rhodopensis (Orpheus flower)
    7. Mesembryanthemum spp. (ice plants), which plants can revive within a short period of time after a drought
    8. Ramonda serbica (Serbian ramonda), a species in the family Gesneriaceae
    9. Tillandsia spp. (air plants)
    10. Xerophyta spp. (monkeytails), of a monocotyledonous genus typically occurring on rock outcrops in Southern African grasslands
  3. Lichen, a symbiosis that can survive in extreme desiccation

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