Pholisma

Pholisma

Taxobox
name = "Pholisma"


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lennoaceae
genus = "Pholisma"
genus_authority = Nutt. ex Hook.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = 3 - 5 species; see text
The genus "Pholisma" (Nutt. ex Hook.) consists of three to five species of desert-dwelling, primarily subterranean plants. Most notable of the genus is "Pholisma sonorae", native to the Southwestern United States and Mexico. The species is without chlorophyll and lives as a parasite on the roots of a number of desert species. "Pholisma" belongs to the family Lennoaceae. Other species include "Pholisma arenarium", the "desert Christmas tree".

External links

* [http://www.botany.org/plantimages/ImageData.asp?IDN=ca07-012&IS=300 The Botanical Society of America]
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?4933,4934 Jepson Manual Treatment]


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