Bdallophytum

Bdallophytum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Cytinaceae
Genus: Bdallophytum
Eichler, 1872
Species

See text.

Synonyms

Bdallophyton

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 Rafflesia, 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]

Bdallophytum is dioecious.[3]

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

Footnotes

  1. Parasiticplants.siu.edu: Cytinaceae
  2. Diversity of Life: Cytinus
  3. Nickrent et al. 2004
  4. USDA GRIN: Genus Bdallophytum Eichler

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