resurrection plant

English

Noun

resurrection plant (plural resurrection plants)

1. Any poikilohydric plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration, including.
   1. Anastatica hierochuntica, also known as the rose of Jericho, a plant species native to deserts of North Africa
   2. Asteriscus spp.
   3. Boea hygrometrica
   4. Craterostigma spp., members of the families Linderniaceae and Scrophulariaceae with snapdragon-like flowers
   5. Haberlea rhodopensis (Orpheus flower)
   6. Mesembryanthemum spp., which plants can revive within a short period of time after a drought
   7. Myrothamnus flabellifolius, a plant species native to Southern Africa
   8. Pleopeltis polypodioides, also known as resurrection fern
   9. Ramonda serbica, a species in the family Gesneriaceae
   10. Selaginella lepidophylla, a plant species native to North America, Central and South America, and sold as a novelty
   11. Tillandsia spp.
   12. Xerophyta spp., of a monocotyledonous genus typically occurring on rock outcrops in Southern African grasslands
2. Lichen, a symbiosis that can survive in extreme desiccation