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Bdallophytum
Sign in to saveBdallophytum is a genus of parasitic flowering plants with five described species. It parasitizes on the roots of plants of the genus Bursera, such as Bursera simaruba. The genus is endemic to the Neotropics.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalpighiales
- FamilyRafflesiaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Cytinaceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, MO
- Recorded in
- Mexico
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Bdallophytum is a genus of parasitic flowering plants with five described species. It parasitizes on the roots of plants of the genus Bursera, such as Bursera simaruba. The genus is endemic to the Neotropics.
It was previously placed in Rafflesiaceae, but is now placed in family Cytinaceae, together with the only other genus Cytinus. Some Bdallophytum species were at one time considered to belong to this latter genus.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bdallophytum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.