Cassytha

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin cassythas, from Ancient Greek κασύτας (kasútas). Doublet of Cuscuta.

Proper noun

Cassytha f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lauraceae – laurel dodders, with greatest species diversity in Australia, but found in the New World, Africa and Asia as well.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, magnoliids – clades; Laurales – order; Lauraceae – family; Cassytheae – tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Cassytha filiformis (false dodder) – type species

References

• Cassytha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cassytha on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Cassytha on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Cassytha at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Cassytha at Tropicos
• Cassytha at Tropicos
• Cassytha at Tropicos
• Cassytha at The Plant List