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Apodanthes
Sign in to saveApodanthes 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. It is a holoparasite that lives inside plants from the families Salicaceae and Fabaceae, and emerges only to flower.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCucurbitales
- FamilyApodanthaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 62
- With media
- 52
- Family
- Apodanthaceae
- Collections
- INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), MO, UNITINS, TTC, CEPLAC, UFPR
- Recorded in
- Brasil, Ecuador, Brazil, Guyane FrançAise, Mexique, Iran
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Apodanthaceae
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- Apodanthaceae spp vMH377.jpg
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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. It is a holoparasite that lives inside plants from the families Salicaceae and Fabaceae, and emerges only to flower.
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