PLANTS Profile for Cassytha filiformis (devil's gut)

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PLANTS Profile

Cassytha filiformis L.
devil's gut

Symbol:

CAFI4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Lauraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		N
PR		N
VI		N

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More Information:

Distribution:
Cassytha filiformis L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (FL, HI, TX), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Cassytha filiformis L.

View 16 genera in Lauraceae, 1 species in Cassytha

Classification:
Cassytha filiformis L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Laurales
Family	Lauraceae – Laurel family
Genus	Cassytha L. – cassytha
Species	Cassytha filiformis L. – devil's gut

Wetland Indicator Status:
Cassytha filiformis L.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FAC-

FAC-

NI*

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Cassytha filiformis L.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18173.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 10/30/2008 02:04 PM MDT