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Pilostyles
Sign in to savePilostyles is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apodanthaceae. It includes about 11 species of very small, completely parasitic plants that live inside the stems of woody legumes. Plants of this genus are sometimes referred to as stemsuckers.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCucurbitales
- FamilyApodanthaceae
豆生花属（学名：Pilostyles）是风生花科下的一属，约有25种，多数种类产于加利福尼亚南部至热带美洲，另有2种产澳大利亚西部。本属植物不进行光合作用，是一类全寄生植物，寄生于豆科植物的体内，花开在寄主的茎干表面。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 189
- With media
- 92
- Family
- Apodanthaceae
- Collections
- NY, TTC, IBUNAM, MO, BRIT, OKLA
- Recorded in
- Bolivia, Chile, Mexico, Tanzania, Australia, United States, Brazil
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- Parent taxon
- Apodanthaceae
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- Pilostyles hamiltonii.jpg
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Pilostyles is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apodanthaceae. It includes about 11 species of very small, completely parasitic plants that live inside the stems of woody legumes. Plants of this genus are sometimes referred to as stemsuckers.
The plants completely lack stems, roots, leaves, and chlorophyll. While not flowering, they do not resemble most plants, living entirely inside the host as " [...] a mycelium-like endophyte formed by strands of parenchyma cells that are in close contact to the host vasculature". Their presence is only noticeable when the flowers emerge out of the stems of the host plant.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pilostyles” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.