Craterostigma is a genus of shrub-like flowering plants in the family Linderniaceae, found in Africa, Madagascar, (island of) Socotra, the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian Subcontinent, Sri Lanka, China, Southeast Asia and Java. The best studied species is the resurrection plant Craterostigma plantagineum, known for its unique drought tolerance.[3][4]

Craterostigma
Craterostigma plantagineum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Linderniaceae
Genus: Craterostigma
Hochst.[1]
Species

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Synonyms[2]
  • Dunalia R.Br.
  • Mitranthus Hochst.
  • Strigina Engl.

The word 'craterostigma' comes from two Greek words, krateros meaning cup-shaped and stigma, part of the female reproductive part of a flower.[5]

Species

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Currently accepted species include:

References

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  1. ^ Flora 24: 668 (1841)
  2. ^ "Craterostigma Hochst". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  3. ^ Bechtold, Ulrike (2018). "Plant Life in Extreme Environments: How do You Improve Drought Tolerance?". Frontiers in Plant Science. 9: 543. doi:10.3389/fpls.2018.00543. PMC 5962824. PMID 29868044.
  4. ^ Bernacchia, G.; Salamini, F.; Bartels, D. (1996). "Molecular Characterization of the Rehydration Process in the Resurrection Plant Craterostigma plantagineum". Plant Physiology. 111 (4): 1043–1050. doi:10.1104/pp.111.4.1043. PMC 160978. PMID 12226346. S2CID 23586303.
  5. ^ Gwithie Kirby Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana (2013), p. 325, at Google Books

Other sources

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  • Fischer, E. et al. 2013. The phylogeny of Linderniaceae - The new genus Linderniella, and new combinations within Bonnaya, Craterostigma, Lindernia, Micranthemum, Torenia and Vandellia. (Willdenowia) 43:221-223.