Apodanthes Explained

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.[1] It is a holoparasite that lives inside plants from the families Salicaceae and Fabaceae, and emerges only to flower.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Apodanthes Poit. . . 2017 . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 8 February 2021 .
  2. The worldwide holoparasitic Apodanthaceae confidently placed in the Cucurbitales by nuclear and mitochondrial gene trees . 2010 . Filipowicz . Natalia . Renner . Susanne S. . BMC Evolutionary Biology . 10 . 1 . 219 . 10.1186/1471-2148-10-219 . 20663122 . 3055242 . 2010BMCEE..10..219F . free .

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