Rhynchocorys
Genus of flowering plants in the broomrape family
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Rhynchocorys is a small genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.[1][2] It was formerly classified in the family Scrophulariaceae.
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| Rhynchocorys orientalis | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Tribe: | Rhinantheae |
| Genus: | Rhynchocorys Griseb. |
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Rhynchocorys boissieri | |
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Etymology
Phylogeny
The phylogeny of the genera of Rhinantheae has been explored using molecular characters.[6][7] Rhynchocorys is the sister genus to Lathraea and Rhinanthus. These three genera share phylogenetic affinities with members of the core Rhinantheae: Bartsia, Euphrasia, Tozzia, Hedbergia, Bellardia, and Odontites. Melampyrum appears as a more distant relative.
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| The cladogram has been reconstructed from nuclear and plastid DNA molecular characters (ITS, rps16 intron and trnK region).[6][7] |
Taxonomy
The genus was described in 1844 by August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach.[8] The type species is Rhynchocorys elephas.
Species
According to the Plant List, 8 species are recognized in the genus Rhynchocorys:[9]
- Rhynchocorys boissieri Post
- Rhynchocorys elephas (L.) Griseb.
- Rhynchocorys intermedia Albov
- Rhynchocorys kurdica Nábělek
- Rhynchocorys maxima Richt. ex Stapf, possibly to be reduced under synonymy of R. elephas[citation needed]
- Rhynchocorys odontophylla R.B.Burb. & I.Richardson
- Rhynchocorys orientalis Benth.
- Rhynchocorys stricta Albov