Bdallophytum

Taxobox
name = "Bdallophytum"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Malvales
familia = Cytinaceae
genus = "Bdallophytum"
genus_authority = Eichler, 1872
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.
synonyms ="Bdallophyton"

"Bdallophytum" is a genus of parasitic flowering plants with five described species. It parasitizes on the roots of plants of the genus "Bursera", such as "Bursera simaruba". The genus is endemic to the NeotropicsParasiticplants.siu.edu: [http://www.parasiticplants.siu.edu/Cytinaceae/description.html Cytinaceae] ] .

It was previously placed in Rafflesia, but is now placed in family Cytinaceae, together with the only other genus "Cytinus". Some "Bdallophytum" species were at one time considered to belong to this latter genus. [Diversity of Life: [http://www.diversityoflife.org/taxpage/0/genus/Cytinus.html "Cytinus"] ]

"Bdallophytum" is dioecious [Nickrent "et al." 2004] .

Name

The genus name is probably derived from Ancient Greek "bdell-" "leech" and "phyton" "plant". It was later misspelled as "Bdallophyton" by Eichler, and this synonym is now also in common use [USDA GRIN: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?1341 Genus "Bdallophytum" Eichler] ] .

pecies

* "Bdallophytum americanum"
* "Bdallophytum andrieuxii"
* "Bdallophytum bambusarum"
* "Bdallophytum ceratantherum"
* "Bdallophytum oxylepis"

Footnotes

References

* (2004): Phylogenetic inference in Rafflesiales: the influence of rate heterogeneity and horizontal gene transfer. "BMC Evolutionary Biology" 4: 40. doi|10.1186/1471-2148-4-40

Further reading

* (2006): The holoparasitic endophyte "Bdallophyton americanum" affects root water conductivity of the tree "Bursera simaruba". "Trees - Structure and Function" 21(2): 215-220. doi|10.1007/s00468-006-0113-z

External links

* [http://www.parasiticplants.siu.edu/Cytinaceae/references.html Cytinaceae References]