Hyobanche

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

Hyobanche
Hyobanche sanguinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Orobanchaceae
Tribe:	Buchnereae
Genus:	Hyobanche L.[1]
Species
See text
Synonyms
Haematobanche C.Presl

Species

Currently accepted species include:

• Hyobanche atropurpurea Bolus
• Hyobanche fulleri E.Phillips
• Hyobanche hanekomii A.Wolfe
• Hyobanche robusta Schönland
• Hyobanche rubra N.E.Br.
• Hyobanche sanguinea L.
• Hyobanche thinophila A.Wolfe