Exocarpos longifolius

Exocarpos longifolius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Santalales
Family:	Santalaceae
Genus:	Exocarpos
Species:	E. longifolius
Binomial name
	Exocarpos longifolius; (L.) Endl., 1836
Synonyms
	Phyllanthus ceramica Pers., 1807 ; Xylophylla ceramica (Pers.) Rumph. ex R.Br., 1814 ; Xylophylla longifolia L., 1771 ; Exocarpos ceramicus (Pers.) Spreng., 1818 ; Exocarpos aberrans (Gagnep.) Gagnep., 1947 ; Exocarpos rolfeanus (Kuntze) Merr., 1909 ; Sarcopus aberrans Gagnep., 1947 ; Xylophyllos rolfeanus Kuntze, 1891 ;

Exocarpos longifolius is a plant in the family Santalaceae that occurs from Vietnam to the Lesser Sunda Islands and New Guinea.^[1]^[2] It is an epiphitic parasite rainforest plant with unusual flowers, which for a period of time caused it to be classified as a new gymnosperm family in the order Gnetales.^[3]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Exocarpos longifolius (L.) Endl". Plants of the World Online.
^ "Exocarpos longifolius (L.) Endl". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
^ Gagnepain, F.; Boureau, Ed. (December 1946). "Un Novelle Familie de Gymnospermes". Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France. 93: 313–315. doi:10.1080/00378941.1946.10834541.

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[pow-1] "Exocarpos longifolius (L.) Endl". Plants of the World Online.

[cat-2] "Exocarpos longifolius (L.) Endl". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 13 July 2023.

[3] Gagnepain, F.; Boureau, Ed. (December 1946). "Un Novelle Familie de Gymnospermes". Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France. 93: 313–315. doi:10.1080/00378941.1946.10834541.

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