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Craterostigma
Sign in to saveCraterostigma 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.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyLinderniaceae
General: with slender erect stems included earlier in Craterostigma are now
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 65
- With media
- 48
- Family
- Linderniaceae
- Collections
- NY, MO, USNM, NHMUK, K, UPS
- Recorded in
- Tanzania, Kenya, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Ethiopia, United States, Rwanda, Angola, Zimbabwe
Research
157 papers- The miracle of resurrection: core mechanisms of desiccation tolerance in Craterostigma.The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2023
- Core cellular and tissue-specific mechanisms enable desiccation tolerance in Craterostigma.The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology · 2023
- Unravelling the molecular network of desiccation tolerance in resurrection plants started with the model plant Craterostigma plantagineum.Planta · 2025
- The Cell Wall Proteome of Craterostigma plantagineum Cell Cultures Habituated to Dichlobenil and Isoxaben.Cells · 2021
- What can we learn from the transcriptome of the resurrection plant Craterostigma plantagineum?Planta · 2015
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Scrophulariaceae
- Image
- Craterostigma plantagineum, blomme, Borakalalo-suid, a.jpg
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- taxon name
- Craterostigma
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Craterostigma
- taxon common name
- 碗柱草属
- Commons category
- Craterostigma
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Encyclopedic overview
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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.
The word 'craterostigma' comes from two Greek words, krateros meaning cup-shaped and stigma, part of the female reproductive part of a flower.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Craterostigma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.