BellotSidonieRennerSusanne S.The systematics of the worldwide endoparasite family Apodanthaceae (Cucurbitales), with a key, a map, and color photos of most speciesPhytoKeys3042014201436415710.3897/phytokeys.36.7385 Pilostyles haussknechtii http://species-id.net/wiki/Pilostyles_haussknechtii Boissier, Arch. Sci. Phys. Nat. 25: 255–261. 1866.Type.

Middle East, parasitic on Astragalus, J. E. Haussknecht s.n (G-BOISS, not seen).

Note: Tepals pink to brown in 2 whorls, each with 6 to 10 tepals (Fig. 6G). Found at the basis of young branches of Astragalus and occasionally Onobrychis and Halimodendron in Iran (Figs 2, 3).

Geographic distribution of Apodanthaceae based on label information from 785 herbarium collections.

Phylogenetic relationships among the hosts of Apodanthaceae (legume relationships from Wojciechowski et al. 2006) and among the species of Apodanthaceae (from Bellot and Renner in review). Identical colors link parasite species and their host(s) and are also used in Figure 2. Dashed lines represent associations with rarely reported hosts; hosts in bold are the most common ones.

WojciechowskiMFMahnJJonesB (2006) Fabaceae legumes. Version 14 June 2006. http://tolweb.org/Fabaceae/21093/2006.06.14in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/ [accessed 02.2014]BellotSRennerSS (in review) Exploring new dating approaches for parasites: the worldwide Apodanthaceae (Cucurbitales) as an example. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.