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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Cassytha''
| image = Cassytha filiformis.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''[[Cassytha filiformis]]''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Laurales]]
| familia = [[Lauraceae]]
| genus = '''''Cassytha''''' [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''''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]].
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]].
;Selected species
*''Cassytha aurea'' - Australia
*''Cassytha candida'' - Australia
*''Cassytha capillaris'' - Australia
*''Cassytha ciliolata'' - South Africa
*''Cassytha flava'' - Australia
*''Cassytha glabella'' - Australia and Japan (Okinawa)
*''Cassytha filiformis'' - Hawaii, South and Central America, Florida, Japan (Okinawa)
*''Cassytha melantha'' - Australia
*''Cassytha micrantha'' - Australia
*''Cassytha nodiflora'' - Australia
*''Cassytha pomiformis'' - Australia
*''Cassytha pubescens'' - Australia and Japan (Okinawa)
*''Cassytha racemosa'' - eastern Australia
Note that the [[homonym (botany)|homonym]] ''Cassytha'' [[Philip Miller|Mill.]] (1768) is a [[synonym (botany)|synonym]] of the [[cactus]] genus ''[[Rhipsalis]]''
==See also==
*[[Parasitic plant]]
==External links==
*[http://www.parasiticplants.siu.edu/Lauraceae/ Parasitic plants: ''Cassytha'' (with distribution map)]
*[http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/search/advanced?genus=cassytha Western Australia Florabase: ''Cassytha'']
*[http://home.vicnet.net.au/~carlyn/cassytha_melantha.htm ''Cassytha melantha'']
*[http://www.museums.org.za/bio/plants/lauraceae/cassytha.htm Museum of South Africa: ''Cassytha ciliolata'']
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=200008689 ''Flora of North America'': ''Cassytha filiformis'']
==References==
*Weber, J. Z.:A taxonomic revision of Cassytha (Lauraceae) in Australia.Journal of Adelaide Botanic Gardens 3:187-262, 1981
[[Category:Laurales]]
[[Category:Parasitic plants]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Cassytha''
| image = Cassytha filiformis.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''[[Cassytha filiformis]]''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Laurales]]
| familia = [[Lauraceae]]
| genus = '''''Cassytha''''' [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''''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]].
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]].
;Selected species
*''Cassytha aurea'' - Australia
*''Cassytha candida'' - Australia
*''Cassytha capillaris'' - Australia
*''Cassytha ciliolata'' - South Africa
*''Cassytha flava'' - Australia
*''Cassytha glabella'' - Australia and Japan (Okinawa)
*''Cassytha filiformis'' - Hawaii, South and Central America, Florida, Japan (Okinawa)
*''Cassytha melantha'' - Australia
*''Cassytha micrantha'' - Australia
*''Cassytha nodiflora'' - Australia
*''Cassytha pomiformis'' - Australia
*''Cassytha pubescens'' - Australia and Japan (Okinawa)
*''Cassytha racemosa'' - eastern Australia
Note that the [[homonym (botany)|homonym]] ''Cassytha'' [[Philip Miller|Mill.]] (1768) is a [[synonym (botany)|synonym]] of the [[cactus]] genus ''[[Rhipsalis]]''
==See also==
*[[Parasitic plant]]
==External links==
*[http://www.parasiticplants.siu.edu/Lauraceae/ Parasitic plants: ''Cassytha'' (with distribution map)]
*[http://florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/search/advanced?genus=cassytha Western Australia Florabase: ''Cassytha'']
*[http://home.vicnet.net.au/~carlyn/cassytha_melantha.htm ''Cassytha melantha'']
*[http://www.museums.org.za/bio/plants/lauraceae/cassytha.htm Museum of South Africa: ''Cassytha ciliolata'']
*[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=200008689 ''Flora of North America'': ''Cassytha filiformis'']
==References==
*Weber, J. Z.:A taxonomic revision of Cassytha (Lauraceae) in Australia.Journal of Adelaide Botanic Gardens 3:187-262, 1981
[[Category:Laurales]]
[[Category:Parasitic plants]]
