Names: Greek willow tree.
Botany: 1 Genus, Cynomorium; 2 species; parasitic.
TaxonomyCynomorium has resisted many attempts to place it. Studies have placed Cynomorium in
Rosales and
Santalales but lately it has been placed in
Saxifragales.
Plant theoryIn 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.