Author:
Qjure
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-652.17.00
Cynomoriaceae
Names: Greek willow tree.
Botany: 1 Genus, Cynomorium; 2 species; parasitic.
Taxonomy
Cynomorium has resisted many attempts to place it. Studies have placed Cynomorium in Rosales and Santalales but lately it has been placed in Saxifragales.
Plant theory
In the Plant theory 1 Cynomoriaceae is placed in Subphase 7, being parasitic.
In the Plant theory 2 it is placed tentatively in Subphase 7. It is included in Peridiscaceae, together with Pterostemonaceae and Iteaceae.