Cassytha Osbeck
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https://doi.org/ 10.15553/c2017v722a8 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5707752 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CE2C6510-FFBE-1451-7464-FB42911316A9 |
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Carolina |
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Cassytha Osbeck |
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Typus: Cassytha filiformis L. View in CoL
Diagnostic characters. – Herbaceous, parasitic vine without leaves.
Distribution. – Pantropical.
Number of species in Madagascar. – 1 (native, non-endemic).
Recent literature. – WEBER (1981).
Notes. – All species of Cassytha are leafless, herbaceous and parasitic vines. Largely because of their habit they have been placed in a separate family, Cassythaceae but phylogenetic studies ( ROHWER, 2000; CHANDERBALI et al. 2001) have shown that Cassytha is nested within Lauraceae .
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