Esterhazya nanuzae
| Esterhazya nanuzae | |
|---|---|
| Close-up of leaves | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Genus: | Esterhazya |
| Species: | E. nanuzae
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| Binomial name | |
| Esterhazya nanuzae V.C.Souza
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Esterhazya nanuzae is a species of parasitic[1] flowering plant in the Orobanchaceae family. It is native and endemic to Southeast Brazil, specifically the state of Minas Gerais.[2]
Description
A root-specific hemiparasitic subshrub or shrub, as evidenced by the existence of haustoria, which are modifications of the same organs.[3][1] Additionally, the habit is upright and 1-1.7 meters tall. Usually simply or slightly branched.
Leaves are arranged oppositely, subsessile, with an elliptic, rarely elliptic-lanceolate shape, appreased to the stem and lacking hairs.
Calyx is glabrous like the leaves, with as rounded and apiculate lobes.
Corolla is salmon, between orange and red in hue, with glabrous to slightly pubescent outer tubes and nearly circular lobes.[4]
The fruit is a capsule that contains multiple endospermic seeds.
References
- ^ a b Souza, V.C. Orobanchaceae in Flora e Funga do Brasil. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Available at https://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/FB102260. Accessed on: 17 Jan. 2026
- ^ "Esterhazya nanuzae V.C.Souza | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2026-01-16.
- ^ Elias, Samira Ismael; Souza, Vinicius Castro; Appezzato-da-Glória, Beatriz (2001). "Anatomical confirmation of root parasitism in Brazilian Agalinis Raf. species (Scrophulariaceae)". Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology. 44: 303–311. doi:10.1590/S1516-89132001000300013. ISSN 1516-8913.
- ^ Plantas Raras Do Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Conservação Internacional. 2009-05-27. ISBN 978-85-98830-12-4.