Biology:Kopsiopsis hookeri
| Vancouver groundcone | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Genus: | Kopsiopsis |
| Species: | K. hookeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Kopsiopsis hookeri (Walp.) Govaerts
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Kopsiopsis hookeri is a species of parasitic plant in the family Orobanchaceae known as Vancouver groundcone, small groundcone or poque.[1][2][3][4][5]
Distribution
It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California , where it grows in wooded areas.
Description
It is a parasite of salal bushes, which it parasitizes by penetrating them with haustoria to tap nutrients. The groundcone is visible aboveground as a purplish, brown, or yellowish cone-shaped inflorescence 3 to 6 cm (1.2 to 2.4 in) long. Pale-colored flowers emerge from between the overlapping bracts. Coastal aboriginal groups ate the potato-like stembase of Ground Cones raw, though usually as a snack and not in any quantity.[6]
Formerly considered Boschniakia hookeri, some taxonomists now place it in the genus Kopsiopsis on the basis of phylogenetic evidence.[2]
References
- ↑ "Kopsiopsis (Beck) Beck". Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:31010-1. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Yu, Wen-Bin (2013-01-29). "Nomenclatural clarifications for names in Boschniakia, Kopsiopsis and Xylanche (Orobanchaceae)" (in en). Phytotaxa 77 (3): 40–42. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.77.3.1. ISSN 1179-3163. https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/273.
- ↑ "The PLANTS Database". National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC USA. 2022. https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=BOHO.
- ↑ Jepson Manual Treatment
- ↑ Nancy J. Turner (1995). Food plants of coastal First Peoples. Royal British Columbia Museum Handbook. UBC Press. ISBN 0-7748-0533-1.
- ↑ "Groundcone (Boschniakia SPP.)". http://www.northernbushcraft.com/plants/groundCone/notes.htm.
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