“…Five Hydnora spp. are currently recognized in Madagascar and Africa, Hydnora abyssinica, H. africana, H. esculenta, H. triceps, H. sinandevu (Beentje and Luke, 2001;Maass and Musselman, 2004;Musselman and Visser, 1989 (Beentje and Luke, 2001;Musselman and Visser, 1989). Among these holoparasites, H. triceps is entirely subterranean with underground (hypogeous) flowering, other Hydnora taxa emerge briefly only to flower .…”