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Cistus albidus Cistus albidus L.<br /> <br /> One of the species described in Species Plantarum, by Carl Linnaeus<br /> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species_Plantarum" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species_Plantarum</a><br /> <br /> &quot;Cistus are the only host of Cytinus hypocistis, a small parasitic plant that lives on the roots and is noticeable only for a short period of time when in flower. The presence of the parasite does not seem to harm the host population.&quot; <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/36794/cytinus_hypocistis.html" title="Cytinus hypocistis"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2527/36794_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=bvKI4kS%2BTEcDxBdqZfL4gC5uVSc%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Cytinus hypocistis Cytinus hypocistis L. subsp. macranthus, Wettst.<br /> <br /> One of the most extreme manifestations of parasitism is found in the families of endoparasites Rafflesiaceae, Mitrastemonaceae, Apodanthaceae and Cytinaceae. These perennial plants, without chlorophyll, are obligate parasites, and depend on their hosts to obtain water and nutrients (Kuijt, 1969). All show a reduction in their morphological characters, with scale-like leaves and absence of external roots, and their vegetative body is reduced to a haustorial or endophytic system, often compared with that of a fungal plectenchyme. These endophytes live within the roots or stems of their hosts (Kuijt, 1969; Meijer, 1993), and emerge from the hosts only during the reproductive period, when the inflorescences arise. Because of this characteristic lifestyle, these endophytic holoparasites were long considered to constitute a single family, the Rafflesiaceae. However, differences in the morphology of flowers, ovaries and seeds, together with data from recent molecular phylogenetic studies, indicate that they are dis- tinct families, even belonging to different orders (Bouman and Meijer, 1994; Barkman et al., 2004; Nickrent et al., 2004; Davis et al., 2007). <br /> <br /> In http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/100/6/1209.full.pdf<br /> <br /> http://www.flora-on.pt/#/1cytinus_hypocistis Cytinaceae,Cytinus,Cytinus hypocistis,Cytinus_hypocistis,Malvales,Plantae,Rafflesiaceae,endoparasites,magnoliopsida,parasites,parasitism,wild flowers" /></a></figure><br /> Cistaceae,Cistus,Cistus albidus,Plantae,Violales,eudicot,flowers,plants,wild flowers Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Cistus albidus

Cistus albidus L.

One of the species described in Species Plantarum, by Carl Linnaeus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species_Plantarum

"Cistus are the only host of Cytinus hypocistis, a small parasitic plant that lives on the roots and is noticeable only for a short period of time when in flower. The presence of the parasite does not seem to harm the host population."

Cytinus hypocistis Cytinus hypocistis L. subsp. macranthus, Wettst.<br /> <br /> One of the most extreme manifestations of parasitism is found in the families of endoparasites Rafflesiaceae, Mitrastemonaceae, Apodanthaceae and Cytinaceae. These perennial plants, without chlorophyll, are obligate parasites, and depend on their hosts to obtain water and nutrients (Kuijt, 1969). All show a reduction in their morphological characters, with scale-like leaves and absence of external roots, and their vegetative body is reduced to a haustorial or endophytic system, often compared with that of a fungal plectenchyme. These endophytes live within the roots or stems of their hosts (Kuijt, 1969; Meijer, 1993), and emerge from the hosts only during the reproductive period, when the inflorescences arise. Because of this characteristic lifestyle, these endophytic holoparasites were long considered to constitute a single family, the Rafflesiaceae. However, differences in the morphology of flowers, ovaries and seeds, together with data from recent molecular phylogenetic studies, indicate that they are dis- tinct families, even belonging to different orders (Bouman and Meijer, 1994; Barkman et al., 2004; Nickrent et al., 2004; Davis et al., 2007). <br /> <br /> In http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/100/6/1209.full.pdf<br /> <br /> http://www.flora-on.pt/#/1cytinus_hypocistis Cytinaceae,Cytinus,Cytinus hypocistis,Cytinus_hypocistis,Malvales,Plantae,Rafflesiaceae,endoparasites,magnoliopsida,parasites,parasitism,wild flowers

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    http://www.jungledragon.com/specie/8327/roselha-grande.html Posted 9 years ago, modified 9 years ago
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    Nice shot ;-) Posted 3 years ago

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"Cistus albidus", the grey-leaved cistus, is a shrubby species of flowering plant in the family Cistaceae, with pink to purple flowers, native to south-western Europe and western north Africa.

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