Parasites on the spot: the rediscovery of a presumably extinct Apodanthaceae in São Paulo state, Brazil

Danilo Gissi; Milton Groppo

doi:10.15560/13.1.2028

Check List 13(1): e19630, doi: 10.15560/13.1.2028

Parasites on the spot: the rediscovery of a presumably extinct Apodanthaceae in São Paulo state, Brazil

Danilo Soares Gissi^‡, Milton Groppo^§

‡ Universidade de São Paulo - Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz - ESALQ, Brazil§ Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP-USP), Departamento de Biologia, CEP 14051-070, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil., Brazil

Corresponding author: Danilo Gissi ( dsgissi@gmail.com )

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Citation: Gissi D, Groppo M (2017) Parasites on the spot: the rediscovery of a presumably extinct Apodanthaceae in São Paulo state, Brazil. Check List 13(1): 2028. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.1.2028

Abstract

Apodanthaceae are achlorophyllous herbs holoparasitic on the stems and roots of species of Fabaceae or Salicaceae (Casearia and Xylosma). The family consists of two genera, Apodanthes Poit. and Pilostyles Guill. Although one species of each genus occurs in several states of Brazil, we report a new record of Pilostyles blanchetti (Gardner) R.Br. in the state of São Paulo, the first in 50 years. Comments on the distribution of species, hypothetic pollinators, and color images are presented.

Keywords

Atlantic Rainforest; Fabaceae; Holoparasite; Salicaceae