Conopholis
| Conopholis | |
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| Mexican cancer-root | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Tribe: | Orobancheae[1] |
| Genus: | Conopholis Wallr.[2] |
| Species | |
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Conopholis is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae.
Conopholis americana (squawroot)
Species
- Conopholis alpina, alpine cancer-root
- Conopholis alpina var. mexicana, Mexican cancer-root
- Conopholis americana, American cancer-root or Squawroot. In the American Blue Ridge Mountains, C. americana is called "bear corn" because it resembles an ear of corn. It is also called "Cancer-root" because it was reputed to have therapeutic properties upon the disease.
References
- ↑ UniProt Consortium. "Species Conopholis americana (Squawroot) (Orobanche americana)". Retrieved 2008-04-13.
- ↑ Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). "PLANTS Profile, Conopholis americana". The PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture,. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
External links
- USDA Plants Profile for Conopholis (cancer-root)
- "Conopholis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
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