Cytinus hypocistis | |
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C. hypocistis growing under a bush in leaf litter, near Fréjus in the south of France | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Cytinaceae |
Genus: | Cytinus |
Species: | C. hypocistis
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Binomial name | |
Cytinus hypocistis | |
Subspecies [2] | |
Synonyms [1] [3] | |
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Cytinus hypocistis is an ant-pollinated [4] species of parasitic plant in the family Cytinaceae having four subspecies. It is found primarily in locations that surround the Mediterranean Sea, [5] and is the type for the genus Cytinus. [6] The binomial has been conserved. [6]
Cytinus hypocistis is native to Albania; Algeria; Crete; Croatia; Cyprus; Greece; France (including Corsica); Israel; Italy (including Sardinia and Sicily); Lebanon; Libya; Malta; Morocco; Portugal; Spain (including both the Balearic and Canary Islands); Syria; Tunisia; and Turkey. [5]
The subspecies macranthus is native to Portugal and western Spain; orientalis is native to southern Greece and Crete; and pityusensis is endemic to Ibiza of the Balearic Islands. [2]
Cytinus hypocistis has been used in traditional medicine to treat dysentery and tumors of the throat, and has been used for its astringent qualities. [7]
T: Cytinus hypocistis (L.) L.; annotation: nom. cons.