Pholisma

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Pholisma
File:Pholismaarenarium.jpg
Pholisma arenarium
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Lennoaceae
Genus: Pholisma
Nutt. ex Hook. (1844)
Species[1]
Synonyms[1]

Ammobroma Torr. (1867)

The genus Pholisma consists of three species of desert-dwelling, primarily subterranean plants. Pholisma belongs to the family Lennoaceae.[2] (It may also be placed in a broadly circumscribed family Boraginaceae s.l.[1])

Most notable of the genus is Pholisma sonorae, native to the southwestern United States and Mexico. The species is without chlorophyll and lives as a parasite on the roots of a number of desert species. Other species include Pholisma arenarium, the "desert Christmas tree", and Pholisma culiacana.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Pholisma Nutt. ex Hook. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
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