''Conopholis'' is a small 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 in 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'', ...

Species

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Conopholis alpina ''Conopholis alpina'', known as the alpine cancer-root, is an achlorophyllous (lacking chlorophyll), root parasitic plant (holoparasite). It is native to Northern Mexico, and to the Southwestern United States in New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, an ...

'', alpine cancer-root **''Conopholis alpina'' var. ''mexicana'', Mexican cancer-root. *'' Conopholis americana'', American cancer-root. In the American Blue Ridge Mountains, ''C. americana'' is called "bear corn" because it resembles an ear of corn.

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* Orobanchaceae Orobanchaceae genera Taxa named by Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Wallroth {{Orobanchaceae-stub