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Genus of flowering plants

Pholisma
Pholisma arenarium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Subfamily: Lennooideae
Genus: Pholisma
Nutt. ex Hook. (1844)
Species
Synonyms

Ammobroma Torr. (1867)

The genus Pholisma (Nutt. ex Hook.) consists of three species of desert-dwelling, primarily subterranean plants. Pholisma belongs to the family Boraginaceae.

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

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

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