Biology:Apodanthes
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Short description: Genus of Apodanthaceae plants
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| Apodanthes caseariae botanical illustration | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Apodanthaceae |
| Genus: | Apodanthes Poit.[1] |
| Species: | A. caseariae
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| Apodanthes caseariae Poit.[1]
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 3: 422 (1824)
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 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. Bibcode: 2010BMCEE..10..219F.
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