Epifagus americana

Epifagus americana

Taxobox
name = "Epifagus americana"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Orobanchaceae
genus = "Epifagus"
species = "E. americana"
binomial = "Epifagus americana"
binomial_authority = Nutt.

"Epifagus americana" (Beech drops, Beech-drops; syn. "Epiphegus americana" Nutt., "Epifagus virginiana" (L.) Bart.) is a parasitic plant which grows on the roots of beeches.

References

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* "Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary" (1913)


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