Pilostyles mexicana (Brandegee) Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12(7): 264. 1909 = Apodanthes mexicana Brandegee, Zoe 5(11): 245. 1908.

Bellot, Sidonie & Renner, Susanne S., 2014, The systematics of the worldwide endoparasite family Apodanthaceae (Cucurbitales), with a key, a map, and color photos of most species, PhytoKeys 36, pp. 41-57 : 50

9. Pilostyles mexicana (Brandegee) Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12(7): 264. 1909 = Apodanthes mexicana Brandegee, Zoe 5(11): 245. 1908.

Type.

Mexico, near Zacuapan, Tenampa, parasite on Calliandra grandiflora Benth., Oct. 1906, C.A. Purpus 2207 (NY).

Note.

Tepals red to brown, in 3 whorls, each with 4 tepals. Growing in branches of Calliandra in Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico (possibly further south; Figs 2 , 3 ).

Figures

Figure 2. Geographic distribution of Apodanthaceae based on label information from 785 herbarium collections.

Figure 3. Phylogenetic relationships among the hosts of Apodanthaceae (legume relationships from Wojciechowski et al. 2006) and among the species of Apodanthaceae (from Bellot and Renner in review). Identical colors link parasite species and their host (s) and are also used in Figure 2. Dashed lines represent associations with rarely reported hosts; hosts in bold are the most common ones.