Cytinaceae

Family Description

Distribution Map

List of Genera

Photographs

Bdallophyton americanum (= B. bambusorum)

• Immature and mature inflorescences. Near Juigalpa, Nicaragua. Photo by Job Kuijt.
• Young inflorescences emerging from excavated host root. Near Juigalpa, Nicaragua. Photo by Job Kuijt.
• Male plant, parasitic on roots of Bursera, Centro de Investigaciones Costeras La Mancha, Veracruz, Mexico. Photo by José G. García-Franco.
• Female plant, parasitic on roots of Bursera, Centro de Investigaciones Costeras La Mancha, Veracruz, Mexico. Photo by José G. García-Franco.
• Beautiful photograph showing staminate and pistillate inflorescences. Photo by Olga Martha Montiel, voucher by Stevens (20527). Link goes to TROPICOS Photo archive at Missouri Botanical Garden.
• Close-up of staminate flowers. Photo by Olga Martha Montiel, voucher by Stevens (20527). Link goes to TROPICOS Photo archive at Missouri Botanical Garden.
• Close-up of pistillate flowers. Photo by Olga Martha Montiel, voucher by Stevens (20527). Link goes to TROPICOS Photo archive at Missouri Botanical Garden.
• Bdallophyton americanum.Infructescence. August 1990. Photo by J. Mauseth.

Cytinus capensis

• Plants growing at the base of host plant, Diosma hirsuta (Rutaceae). South Africa. Photo from J. Visser (1981), "South African Parasitic Flowering Plants."
• Inflorescence. Portions of plant exposed to light become colored. South Africa. Photo from J. Visser (1981), "South African Parasitic Flowering Plants."

Cytinus hypocistis

• Plant parasitic on Cistus ladenifer, Spain. Photograph by Iñigo Sanchez.
• Plant parasitic on Cistus, Spain. Photograph by Peter Phillipson.
• Plants with flower buds. Fango River, Corsica, France. From Plant Image Gallery by Thomas Schoepke.
• Plants in flower. Fango River, Corsica, France. From Plant Image Gallery by Thomas Schoepke.
• Close-up of flowers. Spain. Photo by Willem Meijer.

Cytinus ruber

• Habit of plant, excavated, attached to host root. Greece (Samos). Photo by Th. Fabbro and Th. Zumbrunn. See the Botanical Image Database.
• Same as above, sectioned longitudinally. Greece (Samos). Photo by Th. Fabbro and Th. Zumbrunn. See the Botanical Image Database.
• Young floral buds on inflorescence emerging from the soil. Greece (Samos). Photo by Th. Fabbro and Th. Zumbrunn. See the Botanical Image Database.
• Inflorescence with opening flower buds. Greece (Samos). Photo by Th. Fabbro and Th. Zumbrunn. See the Botanical Image Database.
• Close-up of flower. Greece (Samos). Photo by Th. Fabbro and Th. Zumbrunn. See the Botanical Image Database.
• Inflorescence close-up.  Photo by W. Barthlott March 1986.
• Plant in flower. Bachas, Mallorca, Spain. From Plant Image Gallery by Thomas Schoepke.
• Close-up of flower. Bachas, Mallorca, Spain. From Plant Image Gallery by Thomas Schoepke.
• Fruits. Plant cultivated at the Bonn Botanical Garden. Photograph by D. L. Nickrent.
• Plants cultivated on Cistus by Rafael Govaerts (no. 9900023) at Kew Botanical Garden. Photo by R. Govaerts (fall 2001).
• One and two closer views of the Cytinus shoots emerging from the soil at the base of the host plant. Photos by R. Govaerts.

Cytinus sanguineus

• Flowers emerging from host roots. South Africa. Photo from J. Visser (1981), "South African Parasitic Flowering Plants."
• Flowers emerging in a series along the host root. Photo from J. Visser (1981), "South African Parasitic Flowering Plants."
• Close-up of interior of flower. Birds are usually implicated as the main pollinators owing to the bright red coloration and the presence of floral cavities (each containing ca.300 µl of nectar) surrounded by glandular hairs on the yellow rim. Visser hypothesizes that ants may also assist in pollination. Photo from J. Visser (1981), "South African Parasitic Flowering Plants."
• One view and a second of the fruits. At the foot of dunes on the beach near Sedgefield (between George and Knysna), South Africa. "SOPHY" : Banque de données Botaniques et Ecologiques. Présentation de photographies de plantes d’Afrique du sud et Namibie. Photo by Henry Brisse.

Cytinus visseri

• Flowers. Plant (at this time unnamed) from Northern Transvaal. Photo from J. Visser (1981), "South African Parasitic Flowering Plants."
• Habit of plant. Photo 1 and photo2. This new species, recently named by Smithies and Burgoyne in honor of Dr. JohannVisser. Long Tom Pass, Mpumalanga, South Africa. Photos by Mark Mort.
• Dissected flowers, on light background and dark background. Same location as above. Photos by Mark Mort.

Cytinus species novum (possibly)

• Unopened flower bud. Madagascar, Prov. Antsiranana, Masoala Peninsula. Photograph by George E. Schatz [no. 3697, Schatz et al. 17 Nov 1996].
• Opened flower bud. Madagascar, Prov. Antsiranana, Masoala Peninsula. Photograph by George E. Schatz [no. 3697, Schatz et al. 17 Nov 1996].

Phylogeny

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