Conopholis
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{{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==
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==External links==
*{{ITIS|ID=34272|taxon=Conopholis|year=1999 |date=2008-04-13}}
[[Category:Orobanchaceae]]
{{Lamiales-stub}}
[[pt:Conopholis]]