CASSYTHA

'''Cassytha''' L. (1753) is a genus of 17 species of parasitic vines in the family Lauraceae, mainly native to Australia, but with a few species in Africa, southern Asia, and one (''C. filiformis'') in Hawaii, northern South America, Central America southernmost North America (southern Florida) and Japan.
The plants bear a striking, though superficial, resemblance to ''Cuscuta'' (dodder), an unrelated genus in the family Convolvulaceae, making an excellent example of convergent evolution.
;Selected species

★ ''Cassytha aurea'' - Australia

★ ''Cassytha candida'' - Australia

★ ''Cassytha capillaris'' - Australia

★ ''Cassytha ciliolata'' - South Africa

★ ''Cassytha flava'' - Australia

★ ''Cassytha glabella'' - Australia and Japan (Okinawa)

★ ''Cassytha filiformis'' - Hawaii, South and Central America, Florida, Japan (Okinawa)

★ ''Cassytha melantha'' - Australia

★ ''Cassytha micrantha'' - Australia

★ ''Cassytha nodiflora'' - Australia

★ ''Cassytha pomiformis'' - Australia

★ ''Cassytha pubescens'' - Australia and Japan (Okinawa)

★ ''Cassytha racemosa'' - eastern Australia
Note that the homonym ''Cassytha'' Mill. (1768) is a synonym of the cactus genus ''Rhipsalis''

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References

See also

★ Parasitic plant

External links

★ Parasitic plants: ''Cassytha'' (with distribution map)

★ Western Australia Florabase: ''Cassytha''

★ ''Cassytha melantha''

★ Museum of South Africa: ''Cassytha ciliolata''

★ ''Flora of North America'': ''Cassytha filiformis''

References

★ Weber, J. Z.:A taxonomic revision of Cassytha (Lauraceae) in Australia.Journal of Adelaide Botanic Gardens 3:187-262, 1981