Cytinus hypocistis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Cytinaceae
Genus: Cytinus
Species: Cytinus hypocistis
Subspecies: C. h. subsp. canariensis – C. h. subsp. hypocistis – C. h. subsp. macranthus
Name

Cytinus hypocistis (L.) L., Gen. Pl., ed. 6: [576] ("566"), 1764.
Synonymy

Basionym
Asarum hypocistis L., Sp. Pl. 1: 442. 1753.
Homotypic
Thyrsine hypocistis (L.) Walp., Ann. Bot. Syst. 3: 514. 1852.
Hypocistis lutea Fourr., Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, N. S. 17: 148. 1869, nom. superfl..

References

Linnaeus, C. 1764. Genera plantarum eorumque characteres naturales secundum numerum, figuram, situm, et proportionem omnium fructificationis partium. Editio sexta ab auctore reformata et aucta. Pp. [I]-XX, [1]-580, [1-44]. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 576.

Links

Hassler, M. 2020. Cytinus hypocistis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Cytinus hypocistis. Published online. Accessed: Feb 29 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Cytinus hypocistis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Feb 29. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Cytinus hypocistis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Feb 2020.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cytinus hypocistis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 28-Oct-07.

Vernacular names
العربية: دغموس قابض
català: Frare d'estepa
Deutsch: Gelber Zistrosenwürger
suomi: Keltakistuksenloisio
français: Cytinelle
galego: Apóutega
hrvatski: Šćipakčić
italiano: Ipocisto comune
Taqbaylit: Lesqa n tuzzalt
Nederlands: Gele hypocist
русский: Подладанник жёлтый

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]

Distribution

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]
Uses

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]

References

Under its currently accepted binomial (Cytinus hyocistis), from its basionym (Asarum hypocistis), this species was first published in Genera Plantarum Eorumque Characteres Naturales Secundum Numerum, Figuram, Situm, & Proportionem Omnium Fructificationis Partium. (Ed. 6). Stockholm. 6. 576 ["566"]. 1764. "Plant Name Details for Cytinus hypocistis". IPNI. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
"Flora Europaea Search Results for hypocistis and Cytinus". Flora Europaea. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
This species, originally as Asarum hypocistis, was first described and published in Species Plantarum 1: 442. 1753. "Plant Name Details for Asarum hypocistis". IPNI. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
Clara de Vega; Montserrat Arista; Pedro L. Ortiz; Carlos M. Herrera; Salvador Talavera (May 2009). "The ant-pollination system of Cytinus hypocistis (Cytinaceae), a Mediterranean root holoparasite". Annals of Botany. 103 (7): 1065–1075. doi:10.1093/aob/mcp049. PMC 2707910. PMID 19258337.
"Cytinus hypocistis". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved November 15, 2012.
"Name - !Cytinus L." Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved November 15, 2012. "T: Cytinus hypocistis (L.) L.; annotation: nom. cons."
James A. Duke. "Cytinus hypocistis (RAFFLESIACEAE)". Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved November 15, 2012.