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 epiphitic 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 Edit this 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

References
  1. "Exocarpos longifolius (L.) Endl". Plants of the World Online.
  2. "Exocarpos longifolius (L.) Endl". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  3. Gagnepain, F.; Boureau, Ed. (December 1946). "Un Novelle Familie de Gymnospermes". Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France. 93: 313–315. doi:10.1080/00378941.1946.10834541.


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