Conopholis
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| Mexican cancer-root | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Tribe: | Orobancheae[1] |
| Genus: | Conopholis Wallr.[2] |
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Conopholis is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae.
[edit] Species
- Conopholis alpina, alpine cancer-root
- Conopholis alpina var. mexicana, Mexican cancer-root
- Conopholis americana, American cancer-root or Squawroot. In the American Blue Ridge Mountains, C. americana is called "bear corn" because it resembles an ear of corn. It is also called "Cancer-root" because it was reputed[who?] to have therapeutic properties upon the disease.
[edit] References
- ^ UniProt Consortium. "Species Conopholis americana (Squawroot) (Orobanche americana)". http://beta.uniprot.org/taxonomy/4179. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
- ^ Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). "PLANTS Profile, Conopholis americana". The PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture,. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CONOP. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
[edit] External links
- "Conopholis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=34272. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
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