Biology:Xylanche
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Xylanche | |
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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: | Xylanche Beck |
| Species: | X. himalaica
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| Binomial name | |
| Xylanche himalaica (Hook.f. & Thomson) Beck[1]
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Xylanche himalaica is a species of flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae native to Asia.[1] It was first formally named as Boschniakia himalaica in 1884 and transferred to the genus Xylanche in 1893.[2][3] It is the only species in the genus Xylanche.[1][3]
It is native to temperate and subalpine regions of the Himalayas, including China, Tibet, Taiwan, Bhutan, northern India, and Nepal.[4] It parasitizes Rhododendron bushes in forested areas.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Xylanche himalaica Baill.". Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:662991-1.
- ↑ "Xylanche himalaica Baill.". International Plant Names Index. http://ipni.org/n/662991-1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Boschniakia himalaica J. D. Hooker & Thomson in J. D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. India. 4: 327. 1884.". http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200021451.
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