Cymbaria

Cymbaria
Cymbaria daurica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Orobanchaceae
Tribe: Cymbarieae
Genus: Cymbaria
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Species

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Synonyms
  • Cimbaria Hill
  • Cymbochasma Endl.

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. 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.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Cymbaria:

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.