| Hydnoroideae | |
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| Prosopanche americana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Piperales |
| Family: | Aristolochiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Hydnoroideae Walpers |
| Genera | |
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| Hydnoroideae distribution map | |
Hydnoroideae is a subfamily of parasitic flowering plants in the order Piperales. Traditionally, and as recently as the APG III system it given family rank under the name Hydnoraceae.[1] It is now submerged in the Aristolochiaceae.[2][3] It contains two genera, Hydnora and Prosopanche:[2]
- Prosopanche is native to Central and South America;
- Hydnora can be found in semi-arid to desert regions of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and Madagascar.
Members of this subfamily have been described as the strangest plants in the world.[4]
- ^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. hdl:10654/18083.
- ^ a b Nickrent, D. L.; Blarer, A.; Qiu, Y.-L.; Soltis, D. E.; Soltis, P. S.; Zanis, M. (2002), "Molecular data place Hydnoraceae with Aristolochiaceae", American Journal of Botany, 89 (11): 1809–17, doi:10.3732/ajb.89.11.1809, PMID 21665609
- ^ The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016), "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 181: 1–10, doi:10.1111/boj.12385
- ^ Musselman, L.J.; Visser, J.H. (1986-12-01). "The strangest plant in the world". Veld & Flora. 72 (4). ISSN 0042-3203.