Biology:Phelypaea

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Short description: Genus of Orobanchaceae plants

Phelypaea
Phelypaea tournefortii kz02.jpg
Phelypaea tournefortii
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Orobanchaceae
Tribe: Orobancheae
Genus: Phelypaea
Tourn. ex L.[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]
  • Alatraea Neck.
  • Anoplanthus Endl.
  • Anoplon Rchb.
  • Diphelypaea Nicolson
  • Phelipea Pers.

Phelypaea is a genus of flowering plants in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae, native to the Balkans, Greece, Crimea, the Caucasus region, Anatolia, the Levant, Iraq and Iran. They are root parasites which cannot conduct photosynthesis and are only seen above ground when flowering.[3]

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

  • Phelypaea boissieri (Reut.) Stapf
  • Phelypaea coccinea (M.Bieb.) Poir.
  • Phelypaea tournefortii Desf.

References

  1. Opera Var.: 237 (1758)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Phelypaea Tourn. ex L.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:31034-1. 
  3. Piwowarczyk, Renata; Ochmian, Ireneusz; Lachowicz, Sabina; Kapusta, Ireneusz; Sotek, Zofia (2020). "Phytochemical and Bioactive Properties of Phelypaea tournefortii – Effect of Parasitic Lifestyle and Environmental Factors". Acta Universitatis Cibiniensis. Series E: Food Technology 24: 113–128. doi:10.2478/aucft-2020-0010. 

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