Conopholis

Conopholis
Mexican cancer-root
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Orobanchaceae
Tribe: Orobancheae[1]
Genus: Conopholis
Species
  • Conopholis alpina
    • var. mexicana
  • Conopholis americana

Conopholis is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae.

Conopholis americana (squawroot)

Species

  • Conopholis alpina, alpine cancer-root
    • Conopholis alpina var. mexicana, Mexican cancer-root
  • Conopholis americana, American cancer-root or Squawroot. In the American Blue Ridge Mountains, C. americana is called "bear corn" because it resembles an ear of corn.

References

  1. ↑ UniProt Consortium. "Species Conopholis americana (Squawroot) (Orobanche americana)". Retrieved 2008-04-13.
  2. ↑ Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). "PLANTS Profile, Conopholis americana". The PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture,. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
  • USDA Plants Profile for Conopholis (cancer-root)
  • "Conopholis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2008-04-13.


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