Exocarpos longifolius
Appearance
Exocarpos longifolius | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Santalales |
Family: | Santalaceae |
Genus: | Exocarpos |
Species: | E. longifolius
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Binomial name | |
Exocarpos longifolius (L.) Endl., 1836
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Exocarpos longifolius is a plant in the family Santalaceae that occurs from Vietnam to the Lesser Sunda Islands and New Guinea.[1][2] It is an epiphitic parasite rainforest plant with unusual flowers, which for a period of time caused it to be classified as a new gymnosperm family in the order Gnetales.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Exocarpos longifolius (L.) Endl". Plants of the World Online.
- ^ "Exocarpos longifolius (L.) Endl". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
- ^ Gagnepain, F.; Boureau, Ed. (December 1946). "Un Novelle Familie de Gymnospermes". Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France. 93: 313–315. doi:10.1080/00378941.1946.10834541.