Harveya is a genus of parasitic plants in the family Orobanchaceae. The approximately 29 species included are native to Africa from Eritrea to South Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands, the Arabian Peninsula, and Turkmenistan in Central Asia. In South Africa they are commonly known as '', because early settlers used the flowers to make ink, and this is the source of the English common-names for the genus of ink flower or ink plant.Sterkfontein Country Estates - Harveya pumilaOperation Wildflower - Harveya purpurea
The genus was named after William Henry Harvey, thus achieving one of his childhood ambitions. Discussing his vocational prospects as a youth, Harvey wrote that he was "neither fit to be a doctor nor a lawyer, lacking courage for the one, and face for the other, and application for both.... All I have a taste for is natural history, and that might possibly lead in days to come to a genus called Harveya, and the letters F.L.S. after my name, and with that I shall be content."
Species 29 species are accepted. Harveya alba Harveya alectroides Harveya andongensis Harveya bodkinii Harveya bolusii Harveya buchwaldii Harveya capensis – South AfricaNature on the Edge - Harveya capensis Harveya comorensis – ComorosEuropeana Collections - Harveya comorensis Harveya helenae Harveya huillensis Harveya huttonii – South AfricaOrobranchaceae Travel Blog - Surprises Galore in the Eastern Cape Harveya hyobanchoides Harveya kenyensis Harveya kiangombensis Harveya liebuschiana Harveya obtusifolia – Madagascar and Yemen- Gasy sur le NetFlora of Yemen Harveya pauciflora – South AfricaSouth Africa National Biodiversity Institute - Red List Harveya pumila – South AfricaSterkfontein Country Estates - Harveya pumila Harveya purpurea – South AfricaCasaBio - Species Harveya purpurea Harveya roseoalba Harveya scarlatina – South AfricaPondoland Crew Blog - Escaping from the crowded beaches Harveya speciosa – South AfricaJSTOR Global Plants - Harveya speciosa Harveya squamosa – South AfricaSouth Africa National Biodiversity Institute - Harvey squamosa Harveya stenosiphon – South AfricaAfrican Plants - A Photo Guide Harveya tanzanica Harveya thonneri Harveya versicolor Harveya vestita
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