| Phtheirospermum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Genus: | Phtheirospermum Bunge ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey. |
| Species: | P. japonicum |
| Binomial name | |
| Phtheirospermum japonicum (Thunb.) Kanitz | |
Phtheirospermum is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae. The only species is Phtheirospermum japonicum, [1] which is hemiparasitic and often used as a model species to study plant parasitism. [2] P. japonicum has a broad host range [3] and its native range is Russian Far East to Korea. [1]
