Aphyllon Mitch., Diss. Brevis. Princ. Bot. 43. 1769.

Schneider, Adam C., 2016, Resurrection of the genus Aphyllon for New World broomrapes (Orobanche s. l., Orobanchaceae), PhytoKeys 75, pp. 107-118 : 110

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scientific name	Aphyllon Mitch., Diss. Brevis. Princ. Bot. 43. 1769.
status

Treatment

Loxanthes Raf. Neogenyton 3. 1825. [Type: Loxanthes fasciculatus (Nutt.) Raf.]

Anoplanthus Endl., nom. superfl., Gen. Pl. [Endlicher] pt. 10: 727. 1839.

Thalesia Raf. ex Britton, nom. superfl., Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 298. 1894.

Type.

Aphyllon uniflorum (L.) Torr. & A. Gray, Manual 290. 1848.

Description.

Herb, annual or rarely perennial, achlorophyllous, holoparasitic. Stems fleshy. Leaves reduced to scale-like bracts. Inflorescences terminal racemes, spikes, corymbs, or panicles. Calyx 5-toothed. Corolla sympetalous, bilabiate to regular, tubular and often curved. Style long, stigma crateriform and peltate, or bilamellar. Fruit loculicidal capsules.

About 22 species: 18 in North America, 4 in South America.