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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Taxobox<br /> | color = lightgreen<br /> | name = ''Cassytha''<br /> | image = Cassytha filiformis.jpg<br /> | image_width = 240px<br /> | image_caption = ''[[Cassytha filiformis]]''<br /> | regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]<br /> | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]<br /> | ordo = [[Laurales]]<br /> | familia = [[Lauraceae]]<br /> | genus = '''''Cassytha''''' [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]<br /> | subdivision_ranks = species<br /> | subdivision = <br /> See text.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''''Cassytha''''' L. (1753) is a genus of 17 species of [[parasite|parasitic]] [[vine]]s in the family [[Lauraceae]], mainly native to [[Australia]], but with a few species in [[Africa]], southern [[Asia]], and one (''C. filiformis'') in [[Hawaii]], northern [[South America]], [[Central America]] southernmost [[North America]] (southern [[Florida]]) and [[Japan]]. <br /> <br /> The plants bear a striking, though superficial, resemblance to ''[[Cuscuta]]'' (dodder), an unrelated genus in the family [[Convolvulaceae]], making an excellent example of [[convergent evolution]].<br /> <br /> ;Selected species<br /> *''Cassytha aurea'' - Australia<br /> *''Cassytha candida'' - Australia<br /> *''Cassytha capillaris'' - Australia<br /> *''Cassytha ciliolata'' - South Africa<br /> *''Cassytha flava'' - Australia<br /> *''Cassytha glabella'' - Australia and Japan (Okinawa)<br /> *''Cassytha filiformis'' - Hawaii, South and Central America, Florida, Japan (Okinawa)<br /> *''Cassytha melantha'' - Australia<br /> *''Cassytha micrantha'' - Australia<br /> *''Cassytha nodiflora'' - Australia<br /> *''Cassytha pomiformis'' - Australia<br /> *''Cassytha pubescens'' - Australia and Japan (Okinawa)<br /> *''Cassytha racemosa'' - eastern Australia<br /> <br /> Note that the [[homonym (botany)|homonym]] ''Cassytha'' [[Philip Miller|Mill.]] (1768) is a [[synonym (botany)|synonym]] of the [[cactus]] genus ''[[Rhipsalis]]''<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[Parasitic plant]]<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://www.parasiticplants.siu.edu/Lauraceae/ Parasitic plants: ''Cassytha'' (with distribution map)]<br /> *[http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/search/advanced?genus=cassytha Western Australia Florabase: ''Cassytha'']<br /> *[http://home.vicnet.net.au/~carlyn/cassytha_melantha.htm ''Cassytha melantha'']<br /> *[http://www.museums.org.za/bio/plants/lauraceae/cassytha.htm Museum of South Africa: ''Cassytha ciliolata'']<br /> *[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&amp;taxon_id=200008689 ''Flora of North America'': ''Cassytha filiformis'']<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> *Weber, J. Z.:A taxonomic revision of Cassytha (Lauraceae) in Australia.Journal of Adelaide Botanic Gardens 3:187-262, 1981<br /> <br /> [[Category:Laurales]]<br /> [[Category:Parasitic plants]]</div>

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