Phelypaea is a genus of flowering plants in the broomrape family Orobanchaceae, native to the Balkans, Greece, Crimea, the Caucasus region, Anatolia, the Levant, Iraq and Iran. They are root parasites which cannot conduct photosynthesis and are only seen above ground when flowering.[3]

Phelypaea
Phelypaea tournefortii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Orobanchaceae
Tribe: Orobancheae
Genus: Phelypaea
Tourn. ex L.[1]
Species

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Synonyms[2]
  • Alatraea Neck.
  • Anoplanthus Endl.
  • Anoplon Rchb.
  • Diphelypaea Nicolson
  • Phelipea Pers.

Species

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Currently accepted species include:[2]

Image Scientific name Distribution
Phelypaea boissieri (Reut.) Stapf Albania, Greece, Yugoslavia
  Phelypaea coccinea (M.Bieb.) Poir. Greece, Iran, Krym, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Transcaucasus, Turkey
Phelypaea helenae Popl. ex Sukaczev Krym
  Phelypaea tournefortii Desf. Transcaucasus, Turkey

References

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  1. ^ Opera Var.: 237 (1758)
  2. ^ a b "Phelypaea Tourn. ex L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  3. ^ Piwowarczyk, Renata; Ochmian, Ireneusz; Lachowicz, Sabina; Kapusta, Ireneusz; Sotek, Zofia (2020). "Phytochemical and Bioactive Properties of Phelypaea tournefortii – Effect of Parasitic Lifestyle and Environmental Factors". Acta Universitatis Cibiniensis. Series E: Food Technology. 24: 113–128. doi:10.2478/aucft-2020-0010. S2CID 220368482.