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Lepidoceras
Sign in to saveLepidoceras is a genus of hemiparasitic flowering plants belonging to the family Santalaceae. The genus has two species; Lepidoceras chilense is endemic to Chile and Lepidoceras peruvianum is endemic to Peru.
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- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSantalales
- FamilySantalaceae
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Lepidoceras is a genus of hemiparasitic flowering plants belonging to the family Santalaceae. The genus has two species; Lepidoceras chilense is endemic to Chile and Lepidoceras peruvianum is endemic to Peru.
Lepidoceras chilense is known as quintral del temu in Chile. It parasitizes a variety of trees. The main hosts are Laureliopsis philippiana, Laurelia sempervirens, Temu cruckshanksii, Cryptocarya alba, Myrceugenia exsucca, Amomyrtus meli and Luma apiculata.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lepidoceras” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.