Bdallophytum
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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.[1]
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.[2]
Name
The genus name is probably derived from Ancient Greek bdell- "leech" and phyton "plant". It was later misspelled as Bdallophyton by Eichler, and this synonym is now also in common use.[4]
Species
- Bdallophytum americanum
- Bdallophytum andrieuxii
- Bdallophytum bambusarum
- Bdallophytum ceratantherum
- Bdallophytum oxylepis
Footnotes
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- ↑ Parasiticplants.siu.edu: Cytinaceae
- ↑ Diversity of Life: Cytinus
- ↑ Nickrent et al. 2004
- ↑ USDA GRIN: Genus Bdallophytum Eichler Script error: No such module "webarchive".
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References
- <templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>Nickrent, Daniel L.; Blarer, Albert; Qiu, Yin-Long; Vidal-Russell, Romina & Anderson, Frank E. (2004): Phylogenetic inference in Rafflesiales: the influence of rate heterogeneity and horizontal gene transfer. BMC Evolutionary Biology 4: 40. Script error: No such module "CS1 identifiers".
Further reading
- <templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>García-Franco, José; López-Portillo, Jorge & Ángeles, Guillermo (2006): The holoparasitic endophyte Bdallophyton americanum affects root water conductivity of the tree Bursera simaruba. Trees - Structure and Function 21(2): 215–220. Script error: No such module "CS1 identifiers".