Biology:Kopsiopsis strobilacea
| Kopsiopsis strobilacea | |
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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. strobilacea
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| Binomial name | |
| Kopsiopsis strobilacea (A.Gray) Beck
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Kopsiopsis strobilacea, the California groundcone, is a species of parasitic plant in the family Orobanchaceae.[1][2][3] It is native to California and southern Oregon, where it grows in wooded areas and chaparral. It is a parasite of Arbutus menziesii and inland manzanitas,[4] which it parasitizes by penetrating them with haustoria to tap nutrients. The groundcone is visible aboveground as a dark purplish or reddish to brown inflorescence up to 18 cm (7.1 in) long. Pale-margined purple flowers emerge from between the overlapping bracts.[2]
Formerly considered Boschniakia strobilacea, some taxonomists now place it in the genus Kopsiopsis on the basis of phylogenetic evidence.[5] Morphological evidence indicates that this species may have exchanged genetics with Kopsiopsis hookeri in areas where their distribution overlaps.
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 "Kopsiopsis strobilacea". https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=93802.
- ↑ USDA Plants Profile for Boschniakia strobilacea
- ↑ "Kopsiopsis strobilacea - Flora of North America". http://beta.floranorthamerica.org/Kopsiopsis_strobilacea.
- ↑ 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.
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