Biology:Apodanthes

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Short description: Genus of Apodanthaceae plants

Apodanthes
Apodanthaceae spp vMH377.jpg
Apodanthes caseariae botanical illustration
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Apodanthaceae
Genus: Apodanthes
Poit.[1]
Species:
A. caseariae
Binomial name
Apodanthes caseariae
Poit.[1]
Synonyms[2]

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

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 3: 422 (1824)
  2. "Apodanthes caseariae Poit.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:316017-1. 
  3. "Apodanthes Poit.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:14121-1. 
  4. 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 (1): 219. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-219. PMID 20663122. Bibcode2010BMCEE..10..219F. 

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