resurrection plant

plural resurrection plants

1. Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration, including those of species principally called resurrection plant:
   1. Myrothamnus flabellifolius, a plant species native to Southern Africa
   2. Selaginella lepidophylla (flower of stone, resurrection moss, false rose of Jericho), a spikemoss native to North America, Central and South America
2. Any plant that can survive periods of extreme dehydration for which resurrection plant is a secondary name, including species:
   1. Resurrection fern (Pleopeltis polypodioides)
   2. Rose of Jericho (Anastatica hierochuntica) of deserts of North Africa
   3. Asteriscus spp.
   4. rock violet (Boea hygroscopica)
   5. blue carpet (Craterostigma plantagineum), of the families Linderniaceae with snapdragon-like flowers
   6. Orpheus flower (Haberlea rhodopensis)
   7. Ice plants (Mesembryanthemum spp.), which can revive within a short period of time after a drought
   8. Serbian ramonda (Ramonda serbica, family Gesneriaceae)
   9. Air plants (Tillandsia spp.)
   10. Monkeytails (Xerophyta spp.), of a monocotyledonous genus typically occurring on rock outcrops in Southern African grasslands
   11. Any member of species Myrothamnus moschatus, of Madagascar.
3. Lichen, a symbiosis that can survive in extreme desiccation.