Cassytha racemosa

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = Cassytha racemosa forma racemosa - Flickr - Kevin Thiele.jpg

|taxon = Cassytha racemosa

|authority = Nees

|synonyms = Cassytha racemosa var. genuina Hochr.

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Cassytha racemosa (common name - dodder laurel) is a parasitic perennial in the Lauraceae family.{{FloraBase|name=Cassytha racemosa|id=2957}}

It is found in Western Australia.{{cite web|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:463223-1|title=Cassytha racemosa Nees | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science|website=plantsoftheworldonline.org|accessdate=4 December 2020}}

The species was first described in 1845 by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck from specimen 1623 found near the town of Fremantle growing on Melaleuca huegelii.{{APNI2 | name =Cassytha racemosa Nees|id = 55311}}{{cite journal|author=Meisner, C.D.F.|editor= Lehmann, J.G.C.|date=1845|title= Laurineae|journal= Plantae Preissianae|volume= 1|issue=4|pages= 621|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/498794}}