Apodanthes
| Apodanthes | |
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| Apodanthes caseariae botanical illustration | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Apodanthaceae |
| Genus: | Apodanthes Poit. |
| Species: | A. caseariae |
| Binomial name | |
| Apodanthes caseariae Poit. | |
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Apodanthes is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apodanthaceae. It has only one currently accepted species, Apodanthes caseariae, native to Central America and northern South America. It is a holoparasite that lives inside plants from the families Salicaceae and Fabaceae, and emerges only to flower.
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