Pholisma

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Boraginales

Familia: Boraginaceae
Subfamilia: Lennooideae
Genus: Pholisma
Species: P. arenarium – P. culiacana – P. sonorae
Name

Pholisma Nutt. ex Hook., Icon. Pl. 7: pl. 626. (1844)

Type species: Pholisma arenarium Nutt. ex Hook., Icon. Pl. 7: pl. 626. (1844)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Ammobroma Torr. ex A.Gray, Pl. Nov. Thurb. 327. (1854)
Type species: Ammobroma sonorae Torr. ex A.Gray. Pl. Nov. Thurb. 327. (1854)

References

Nuttall, T., 1844. Icones Plantarum 7: [1] pl. 626.

Links

Hassler, M. 2017. Pholisma. 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. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2017. Pholisma. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 29 2017.
Tropicos.org 2017. Pholisma. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2017 Oct. 29.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pholisma in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

The genus Pholisma (Nutt. ex Hook.) consists of three to five species of desert-dwelling, primarily subterranean plants.

Most notable of the genus is Pholisma sonorae, native to the Southwestern United States and Mexico. The species is without chlorophyll and lives as a parasite on the roots of a number of desert species. Pholisma belongs to the family Boraginaceae. Other species include Pholisma arenarium, the "desert Christmas tree".
References