Apodanthaceae
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apodanthaceae-193-7005268
title:
Apodanthaceae
text:
The family Apodanthaceae comprises about 10 species of endoparasitic herbs. They live in the branches or stems of their hosts, emerging only to flower and fruit. The plants produce no green parts and do not carry out any photosynthesis. There are two genera: Pilostyles and Apodanthes. A third genus, Berlinianche, was never validly published. Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences confidently place the Apodanthaceae in the Cucurbitales, where they also fit well in terms of their flower morpholog
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encyclopedia
description:
Family of flowering plants
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apodanthaceae
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date modified:
2024-03-24T17:51:42Z
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fields total:
13
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15