Cymbaria

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Cymbaria
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Cymbaria daurica
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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]
  • CimbariaHill
  • CymbochasmaEndl.

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

The following species are recognised in the genus Cymbaria: [2]

References

  1. ↑ Sp. Pl.: 618 (1753)
  2. 1 2 3 "Cymbaria L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  3. ↑ 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.
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