2825.000 Cassytha - Dodder-laurels
Description of the genus
Parasitic herbs with thread-like yellow, orange or brown stems. Leaves reduced to small scales. Flowers small, bracteolate, bisexual. Perianth 6-parted; 3 outer smaller than 3 inner. Style well-developed, subcapitate. Fruit completely enclosed in the fleshy receptacle. Worldwide: 20 species in the Old World tropics, especially Australia Zambia: 3 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| filiformis L. | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
| pondoensis Engl. var. pondoensis | B,N,W,S | Description, Image |
| pondoensis Engl. var. schliebenii (Robyns & R. Wilczek) M.A. Diniz | N |
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Flora of Caprivi: Cassytha
Flora of the DRC: Cassytha
Flora of Malawi: Cassytha
Flora of Mozambique: Cassytha
Flora of Rwanda: Cassytha
Flora of Zimbabwe: Cassytha
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CassythaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Cassytha
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cassytha
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cassytha
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Cassytha
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Wikipedia: Cassytha