Cassytha Osbeck

Werff, Henk van der, 2017, The genera of Lauraceae in Madagascar with nomenclatural novelties in Cryptocarya, Candollea 72 (2), pp. 323-328 : 325

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15553/c2017v722a8
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5707752
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CE2C6510-FFBE-1451-7464-FB42911316A9
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Cassytha Osbeck
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Cassytha Osbeck View in CoL

Typus: Cassytha filiformis L. View in CoL

Diagnostic characters. – Herbaceous, parasitic vine without leaves.

Distribution. – Pantropical.

Number of species in Madagascar. – 1 (native, non-endemic).

Recent literature. – WEBER (1981).

Notes. – All species of Cassytha are leafless, herbaceous and parasitic vines. Largely because of their habit they have been placed in a separate family, Cassythaceae but phylogenetic studies ( ROHWER, 2000; CHANDERBALI et al. 2001) have shown that Cassytha is nested within Lauraceae .