Conopholis 4979083 205478394 2008-04-14T03:06:24Z CarolSpears 5000247 {{Taxobox | name = ''Conopholis'' | image = Unknown SE AZ April 29 2006.jpg | image_caption = ''Mexican cancer-root'' | image_width = 240px | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Lamiales]] | familia = [[Orobanchaceae]] | tribus = [[Orobancheae]]<ref name="uniprot">{{cite web | url = http://beta.uniprot.org/taxonomy/4179 | title = Species ''Conopholis americana'' (Squawroot) (''Orobanche americana'') | accessdate = 2008-04-13 | author = UniProt Consortium | authorlink = UniProt | format = HTML }}</ref> | genus = '''''Conopholis''''' | genus_authority = [[Wallr.]]<ref name="NRCS">{{cite web | url = http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CONOP | title = PLANTS Profile, ''Conopholis americana'' | accessdate = 2008-04-13 | author = Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) | authorlink = Natural Resources Conservation Service | format = HTML | work = The PLANTS Database | publisher = [[United States Department of Agriculture]], }}</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = *''Conopholis alpina'' **var. ''mexicana'' *''Conopholis americana'' }} '''''Conopholis''''' is a small genus of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Orobanchaceae]]. [[Image:conophilus.jpg|thumb|Conopholis americana (squawroot)]] ==Species== *''[[Conopholis alpina]]'', alpine cancer-root **''Conopholis alpina'' var. ''mexicana'', Mexican cancer-root *''[[Conopholis americana]]'', American cancer-root or Squawroot. In the American Blue Ridge Mountains, ''C. americana'' is called "bear corn" because it resembles an ear of corn. It is also called "Cancer-root" because it was reputed to have therapeutic properties upon the disease. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{ITIS|ID=34272|taxon=Conopholis|year=1999 |date=2008-04-13}} [[Category:Orobanchaceae]] {{Lamiales-stub}} [[pt:Conopholis]]