Phtheirospermum japonicum (Thunb.) Kanitz is a plant in the Orobanchaceae family, order Lamiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Phtheirospermum japonicum (Thunb.) Kanitz

Phtheirospermum japonicum (Thunb.) Kanitz

Phtheirospermum is a monotypic Orobanchaceae genus, whose only species P. japonicum is a hemiparasite used as a model for plant parasitism research.

Family
Genus
Phtheirospermum
Order
Lamiales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Phtheirospermum japonicum (Thunb.) Kanitz

Phtheirospermum is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the Orobanchaceae family. This genus contains only one species: Phtheirospermum japonicum (Thunb.) Kanitz. This species is hemiparasitic, has a broad host range, and is commonly used as a model species for studying plant parasitism. Its native distribution extends from the Russian Far East to Korea.

Photo: (с) 空猫 T. N, некоторые права защищены (CC BY-NC), загрузил 空猫 T. N · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Lamiales Orobanchaceae Phtheirospermum

More from Orobanchaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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