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

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