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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.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Apodanthes
- Family
- Apodanthaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Parasite of Casearia
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