Cymbaria
Appearance
Cymbaria | |
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Cymbaria daurica | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Orobanchaceae |
Tribe: | Cymbarieae |
Genus: | Cymbaria L.[1] |
Species | |
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Cymbaria is a genus of flowering plants in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae, native to Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Siberia, the Altai, Mongolia, northern China and Manchuria.[2] They are hemiparasites of other plants, obtaining nutrients through haustoria which attach to the roots of the hosts, and doing some photosynthesis on their own.[3]
Species
[edit]The following species are recognised in the genus Cymbaria:[2]
- Cymbaria borysthenica Pall. ex Schltdl.
- Cymbaria chaneti Gand.
- Cymbaria daurica L.
- Cymbaria mongolica Maxim.
References
[edit]- ^ Sp. Pl.: 618 (1753)
- ^ a b c "Cymbaria L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ Bennett, Jonathan R.; Mathews, Sarah (2006). "Phylogeny of the parasitic plant family Orobanchaceae inferred from phytochrome A". American Journal of Botany. 93 (7): 1039–1051. doi:10.3732/ajb.93.7.1039. PMID 21642169.