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Exocarpos
Sign in to saveExocarpos (from Ancient Greek ἔξω (éxō), meaning "outside", and καρπός (karpós), meaning "fruit", and thus, "outside fruit"), also known as ballart, is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees in the sandalwood family, Santalaceae. They range from Vietnam through Malesia, New Guinea, and Australia to New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.
Species
Cherry Ballart
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSantalales
- FamilySantalaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 188
- With media
- 137
- Family
- Santalaceae
- Collections
- MEL, NY, A, RSA
- Recorded in
- Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, New Caledonia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Santalaceae
- Image
- Exocarpos cupressiformis.jpg
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- Category:Exocarpos
- taxon name
- Exocarpos
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Exocarpos
- taxon common name
- exocarpos
- taxonomic type
- Exocarpos cupressiformis
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Encyclopedic overview
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Exocarpos (from Ancient Greek ἔξω (éxō), meaning "outside", and καρπός (karpós), meaning "fruit", and thus, "outside fruit"), also known as ballart, is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees in the sandalwood family, Santalaceae. They range from Vietnam through Malesia, New Guinea, and Australia to New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.
They are semi-parasitic, requiring the roots of a host tree, a trait they share with many other members of the Santalaceae.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Exocarpos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.