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Cassytha paniculata (Cassytha paniculata)

Description

Stems to c. 3 mm diam., often forming dense masses, usually yellowish green, minutely puberulent when young, becoming glabrous. Scale lvs mostly 1–2 mm long, ovate, ± ciliate. Spikes mostly simple, sometimes branched, 2–10 cm long, glabrous or nearly so; fls distant, especially lowermost, subsessile or pedicels very short. Bracts 1–1.5 mm long, ovate. Outer perianth similar to bracts; inner segments 2–2.5 mm long, elliptic-oblong. Stamens included; outermost filaments broadly winged. Style

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Laurales

            • Family: Lauraceae

              • Genus: Cassytha