Lathraea clandestina L.
(Purple Toothwort)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLathraea clandestina (Purple Toothwort)
FamilyOROBANCHACEAE (eyebrights, cow-wheats, louseworts & broomrapes)
OrderLAMIALES (dead-nettles, eye-brights, foxgloves and speedwells)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Lathraea clandestina (Purple Toothwort) :
1: Lathraea clandestina (Purple Toothwort)
29 May 1999 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on root of large willow
Image 1: Flower - close-upImage 2: FlowersImage 3: Fruits - unripeImage 4: PlantImage 5: Scales - close-upImage 6: Pollen grainsImage 7: Pollen grains (2)Image 8: Pollen grain - showing grooveImage 9: Pollen grain - showing groove (2)Image 10: Pollen grains - optical sectionsImage 11: Pollen grains - surface ornamentationImage 12: Pollen grain - surface ornamentationImage 13: Pollen grain - surface ornamentation (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Oswald, P.H. 2011 Purple Toothwort on Gunnera again BSBI News No. 118: 44, plate2.

Lathraea clandestina (Purple Toothwort) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lathraea clandestina (Purple Toothwort)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lathraea clandestina (Purple Toothwort)
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