Myrothamnus flabellifolius

For other uses, see Resurrection plant.

Myrothamnus flabellifolius
M. flabellifolius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Gunnerales
Family:	Myrothamnaceae
Genus:	Myrothamnus
Species:	M. flabellifolius
Binomial name
Myrothamnus flabellifolius Welw. Ann. Cons. Ultramar. (Portugal), Parte Não Off. ser. 1, 55:578. 1859 ("1858") (Apont.)

Myrothamnus flabellifolius is a plant species in the genus Myrothamnus found in Southern Africa.^[1] It is also called the resurrection plant, for the speed with which apparently dead leaves revive when the rains come. (see Poikilohydry

3,4,5-Tri-O-galloylquinic acid is a tannin found in M. flabellifolius.^[2]

M. flabellifolius, from Vegetation der Erde (1915)

References

1. ^ Myrothamnus flabellifolius on www.sntc.org.sz
2. ^ The predominant polyphenol in the leaves of the resurrection plant Myrothamnus flabellifolius, 3,4,5 tri-O-galloylquinic acid, protects membranes against desiccation and free radical-induced oxidation. John P. Moore, Kim L. Westall, Neil Ravenscroft, Jill M. Farrant, George G. Lindsey and Wolf F. Brandt, Biochem J. 2005 January 1; 385(Pt 1), pp. 301–308, doi:10.1042/BJ20040499, PMC 1134698

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