Epifagus

Epifagus virginiana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Orobanchaceae
Tribus: Orobancheae
Genus: Epifagus
Species: E. virginiana –

Name

  • Epifagus Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 60–61. (1818) nom. cons.
  • Type species: Epifagus virginianus (L.) Barton as syn. Epifagus americanus

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Leptamnium Raf. in Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 4: 194 (1819)
    • Mylanche Wallr. in Orobanches Gen. Diask.: 75 (1825)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Eastern & Central USA
      • Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Northeast
    • Regional: Canada
      • New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Vernacular names

English: beechdrops
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