''Christisonia'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s belonging to the family
Orobanchaceae
Orobanchaceae, the broomrapes, is a family (biology), family of mostly parasitic plants of the order (biology), order Lamiales, with about 90 genus, genera and more than 2000 species. Many of these genera (e.g., ''Pedicularis'', ''Rhinanthus'', ...
.
Its native range is
Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent is a physiographic region of Asia below the Himalayas which projects into the Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal to the east and the Arabian Sea to the west. It is now divided between Bangladesh, India, and Pakista ...
to Philippines.
It is named after the Scottish toxicologist
Robert Christison
Sir Robert Christison, 1st Baronet, (18 July 1797 – 27 January 1882) was a Scottish toxicologist and physician who served as president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1838–40 and 1846–8) and as president of the British ...
.
[Lotte Burkhardt, Verzeichnis Eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Index of Eponymic Plant Names; Edition 2018; Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin; Freie Universität Berlin; C-15; ISBN 9783946292265]
Species:
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Christisonia albida''
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Christisonia bicolor''
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Christisonia calcarata''
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Christisonia flammea''
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Christisonia hookeri''
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Christisonia indica''
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Christisonia keralensis''
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Christisonia kwangtungensis
''Christisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Its native range is Indian subcontinent to Philippines. It is named after the Scottish toxicologist Robert Christison.Lotte Burkhardt, Verzeichnis Eponymisch ...
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Christisonia legocia''
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Christisonia mira''
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Christisonia rodgeri
''Christisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Its native range is Indian subcontinent to Philippines. It is named after the Scottish toxicologist Robert Christison.Lotte Burkhardt, Verzeichnis Eponymisch ...
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Christisonia saulierei
''Christisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Its native range is Indian subcontinent to Philippines. It is named after the Scottish toxicologist Robert Christison.Lotte Burkhardt, Verzeichnis Eponymisch ...
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Christisonia scortechinii
''Christisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Its native range is Indian subcontinent to Philippines. It is named after the Scottish toxicologist Robert Christison.Lotte Burkhardt, Verzeichnis Eponymisch ...
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Christisonia siamensis
''Christisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Its native range is Indian subcontinent to Philippines. It is named after the Scottish toxicologist Robert Christison.Lotte Burkhardt, Verzeichnis Eponymisch ...
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Christisonia sinensis
''Christisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Its native range is Indian subcontinent to Philippines. It is named after the Scottish toxicologist Robert Christison.Lotte Burkhardt, Verzeichnis Eponymisch ...
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Christisonia subacaulis
''Christisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Its native range is Indian subcontinent to Philippines. It is named after the Scottish toxicologist Robert Christison.Lotte Burkhardt, Verzeichnis Eponymisch ...
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Christisonia thwaitesii
''Christisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Its native range is Indian subcontinent to Philippines. It is named after the Scottish toxicologist Robert Christison.Lotte Burkhardt, Verzeichnis Eponymisch ...
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Christisonia tomentosa
''Christisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Its native range is Indian subcontinent to Philippines. It is named after the Scottish toxicologist Robert Christison.Lotte Burkhardt, Verzeichnis Eponymische ...
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Christisonia tricolor
''Christisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Its native range is Indian subcontinent to Philippines. It is named after the Scottish toxicologist Robert Christison.Lotte Burkhardt, Verzeichnis Eponymisch ...
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Christisonia tubulosa
''Christisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Its native range is Indian subcontinent to Philippines. It is named after the Scottish toxicologist Robert Christison.Lotte Burkhardt, Verzeichnis Eponymisch ...
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Christisonia unicolor
''Christisonia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.
Its native range is Indian subcontinent to Philippines. It is named after the Scottish toxicologist Robert Christison.Lotte Burkhardt, Verzeichnis Eponymisch ...
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Christisonia wightii''
References
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Orobanchaceae
Orobanchaceae genera