665.37.00 LennoaceaeGenera: Ammobroma, Lennoa and Pholisma; 7 species.
Botany: succulent herbs; echlorophyllous, root parasite; leaves reduced to scales; inflorescence capitate; fruit a drupe, irregularly schizocarpic; exotesta with fine reticulate thickening; endosperm starchy; haustoria; embryo minute, undifferentiated; parasitic on Clematis, Euphorbia or various woody
Asteraceae.
Region: south-western North America and north-western South America; Colombia to California, Arizona and Mexico.
TaxonomyLennoaceae was traditionally a
Family. In the Cronquist system it was placed in
Lamiales. In the Dahlgren system it was placed in
Solanales.
In the Apg2 system it is placed in
Lamiidae. Recently it is shown to be subfamily of the
Boraginaceae.
It is sometimes treated as a subfamily Lennoideae of
Boraginaceae.
Plant TheoryLennoaceae is treated as a
Family in
Boraginales. The parasitic quality shows the
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