Apodanthes
Apodanthes | |
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Apodanthes caseariae botanical illustration | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Cucurbitales |
Family: | Apodanthaceae |
Genus: | Apodanthes Poit.[1] |
Species: | A. caseariae
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Binomial name | |
Apodanthes caseariae Poit.[1]
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Apodanthes is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apodanthaceae. It has only one currently accepted species, Apodanthes caseariae, native to Central America and northern South America.[3] It is a holoparasite that lives inside plants from the families Salicaceae and Fabaceae, and emerges only to flower.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 3: 422 (1824)
- ^ "Apodanthes caseariae Poit". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ "Apodanthes Poit". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
- ^ Filipowicz, Natalia; Renner, Susanne S. (2010). "The worldwide holoparasitic Apodanthaceae confidently placed in the Cucurbitales by nuclear and mitochondrial gene trees". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10: 219. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-219. PMC 3055242. PMID 20663122.
Categories:
- Monotypic Cucurbitales genera
- Apodanthaceae
- Parasitic plants
- Flora of Central America
- Flora of northern South America
- Flora of western South America
- Flora of Brazil
- Plants described in 1896
- Cucurbitales stubs