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Parasitic herbs with thread-like yellow, orange or brown stems. Leaves reduced to small scales. Flowers small, bracteolate, bisexual. Perianth 6-parted; 3 outer smaller than 3 inner. Style well-developed, subcapitate. Fruit completely enclosed in the fleshy receptacle. Worldwide: 20 species in the Old World tropics, especially Australia Malawi: 3 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| filiformis L. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| pondoensis Engl. var. schliebenii (Robyns & R. Wilczek) M.A. Diniz | N,C | |
| pondoensis Engl. var. pondoensis | N,S | Description, Image |
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