Melampyrum
Sign in to savethumb|right|Melampyrum saxosum
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyOrobanchaceae
Die Gattung Wachtelweizen (Melampyrum) gehört zur Familie der Sommerwurzgewächse (Orobanchaceae). Die Deutung des deutschen Namens bezieht sich auf die vermeintliche Vorliebe der Wachteln für die Samen von Wachtelweizen.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 626
- With media
- 527
- Family
- Orobanchaceae
- Collections
- CAS, MO, UCONN, SD, YPM, UPS
- Recorded in
- Switzerland, United States, Sweden, Argentina, China, Georgia, Austria, Japan
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Phylogeny
- Taxonomy
- Selected species
- References
- External links
thumb|right|Melampyrum saxosum
Melampyrum is a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae known commonly as cow wheat. They are native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. They are hemiparasites on other plants, obtaining water and nutrients from host plants, though some are able to survive on their own without parasitising other plants.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Melampyrum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.