Siphonostegia syriaca
| Siphonostegia syriaca | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Genus: | Siphonostegia |
| Species: | S. syriaca
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| Binomial name | |
| Siphonostegia syriaca | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Lesquereuxia syriaca Boiss. & Reut. | |
Siphonostegia syriaca, synonym Lesquereuxia syriaca, is a species of flowering plants.[1][2] It is a hemiparasitic perennial plant,[1] feeding on the roots of other plants using haustoria.
Taxonomy
The species was first described as Lesquereuxia syriaca in 1853 by the Swiss botanist Pierre Edmond Boissier and the French botanist Georges François Reuter,[1] who named it after the Swiss bryologist and paleobotanist, Charles Léo Lesquereux (1806–1889). When placed in the genus Lesquereuxia, it was the only species.[3]
Distribution
It is found in the eastern Mediterranean region, ranging from Greece through southern Turkey to Lebanon and Syria.[1][4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Siphonostegia syriaca (Boiss. & Reut.) Boiss." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2026-03-17.
- ^ "Siphonostegia syriaca (Boiss. & Reut.) Boiss." World Flora Online. Retrieved 2026-03-17.
- ^ "Search for 'Lesquereuxia'". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ^ Nobis, M., Nowak, A., Piwowarczyk, R., Ebel, A. L., Király, G., Kushunina, M., Sukhorukov, A. P., Chernova, A. D., Gudkova, P. D. (2016). Contribution to the flora of Asian and European countries: new national and regional vascular plant records, 5. Botany Letters, 163(2), 159–174. https://doi.org/10.1080/23818107.2016.1165145