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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.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderMalpighiales
  5. FamilyRafflesiaceae
Native toColombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua
Observations recorded7

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Specimen records
2
With media
1
Family
Cytinaceae
Collections
IBUNAM, MO
Recorded in
Mexico

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Parent taxon
Cytinaceae
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taxon name
Bdallophytum
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Category: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.

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bdallophytum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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