Exocarpos longifolius

Exocarpos longifolius is a plant in the family Santalaceae that occurs from Vietnam to the Lesser Sunda Islands and New Guinea.^[1][2] It is an epiphytic parasite rainforest plant with unusual flowers, which for a period of time caused it to be classified as a new gymnosperm family in the order Gnetales.^[3]

Exocarpos longifolius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Santalales
Family:	Santalaceae
Genus:	Exocarpos
Species:	E. longifolius
Binomial name
Exocarpos longifolius (L.) Endl., 1836
Synonyms[1]
Phyllanthus ceramica Pers., 1807 Xylophylla ceramica (Pers.) Rumph. ex R.Br., 1814 Xylophylla longifolia L., 1771 Exocarpos ceramicus (Pers.) Spreng., 1818 Exocarpos aberrans (Gagnep.) Gagnep., 1947 Exocarpos rolfeanus (Kuntze) Merr., 1909 Sarcopus aberrans Gagnep., 1947 Xylophyllos rolfeanus Kuntze, 1891