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Cistanche Salsa
''Cistanche'' is a worldwide genus of holoparasitic desert plants in the family Orobanchaceae. They lack chlorophyll and obtain nutrients and water from the host plants whose roots they parasitize. They are often known as desert hyacinths. Taxonomy There are between 20 and 30 species of ''Cistanche''. The most comprehensive description of the genus was published in 1930. The taxonomy is difficult because important features of the flowers are often poorly preserved after drying. The plants are found from the Mediterranean region, North Africa, Middle East through to China. The species of ''Cistanche'' are parasitic plants that connect to the conductive system of a host, extracting water and nutrients from the roots of the host plant. Species Species as according to Plants of the World Online : Growth They typically grow in desert or sand dune areas Growing in arid regions, where their flower spikes that emerge from bare ground are the only evidence of the presence of the plants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cistanche Tubulosa
''Cistanche tubulosa'' is a desert heterotrophic species in the genus ''Cistanche''. It lacks chlorophyll and obtains nutrients and water from the host plants whose roots it parasitizes. Uses The plant is grown in the Taklamakan Desert, and is traditionally used for medicines and foods in China. The main sources of the Chinese herbal medicine cistanche (Chinese: 肉苁蓉, pinyin ròucōngróng) are ''Cistanche salsa'' and ''Cistanche deserticola'', although it may also be obtained from ''C. tubulosa''. The drug, known in Chinese as ''suosuo dayun'', is collected in spring before sprouting, by slicing the stems of the plant. Pharmacology Echinacoside and acteoside has been found in ''Cistanche tubulosa'' References External links * * Plants used in traditional Chinese medicine Orobanchaceae Parasitic plants Plants described in 1850 Taxa named by August Schenk {{Orobanchaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cistanche Lutea 25439830
''Cistanche'' is a worldwide genus of holoparasitic desert plants in the family Orobanchaceae. They lack chlorophyll and obtain nutrients and water from the host plants whose roots they parasitize. They are often known as desert hyacinths. Taxonomy There are between 20 and 30 species of ''Cistanche''. The most comprehensive description of the genus was published in 1930. The taxonomy is difficult because important features of the flowers are often poorly preserved after drying. The plants are found from the Mediterranean region, North Africa, Middle East through to China. The species of ''Cistanche'' are parasitic plants that connect to the conductive system of a host, extracting water and nutrients from the roots of the host plant. Species Species as according to Plants of the World Online : Growth They typically grow in desert or sand dune areas Growing in arid regions, where their flower spikes that emerge from bare ground are the only evidence of the presence of the plants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cistanche Phelypaea
''Cistanche phelypaea'', also spelled ''Cistanche phelipaea'', is a species of plant in the family Orobanchaceae. It has a wide range of distribution from the Arabian Peninsula and the Syrian Desert in the east, through the Sahara, Cyprus, Crete and the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula, to Macaronesia in the west. Description ''Cistanche phelypaea'' is a chlorophyll-free, obligate parasitic plant with stout fleshy flowering stems bearing bright yellow flowers and rising to tall from a generally swollen base. The stem is Glabrousness (botany), glabrous and yellow to purple gray. Leaves are ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous and normally brown in color. Inflorescence is dense, more or less cylindrical. Flower crown is broadly campanulate-obconic, strongly curved, bright yellow, sometimes light purple, and glabrous. It has white stigmatic lobes. 2n = 40; n = 20. It parasites roots of Chenopodiaceae bushes. The plant is used a food source and is eaten similar to asparagus. Distrib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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''Cistanche'' is a worldwide genus of holoparasitic desert plants in the family Orobanchaceae. They lack chlorophyll and obtain nutrients and water from the host plants whose roots they parasitize. They are often known as desert hyacinths. Taxonomy There are between 20 and 30 species of ''Cistanche''. The most comprehensive description of the genus was published in 1930. The taxonomy is difficult because important features of the flowers are often poorly preserved after drying. The plants are found from the Mediterranean region, North Africa, Middle East through to China. The species of ''Cistanche'' are parasitic plants that connect to the conductive system of a host, extracting water and nutrients from the roots of the host plant. Species Species as according to Plants of the World Online : Growth They typically grow in desert or sand dune areas Growing in arid regions, where their flower spikes that emerge from bare ground are the only evidence of the presence of the plants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
