Tozzia
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Tribe: | Rhinantheae |
| Genus: | Tozzia L. |
| Species: | T. alpina
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| Binomial name | |
| Tozzia alpina | |
Tozzia is a
While the plant in its young, vegetative stage is
The range of Tozzia alpina extends from the Pyrenees and the Alps to the Balkans and the Carpathians.[4]
Description
Vegetative features
Tozzia alpina is a
Reproductive features
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The flowering period is from June to August. The hermaphroditic
Systematics
The genus name Tozzia was given in 1729 by
The first description of the species Tozzia alpina was made in 1753 by
Two subspecies have been described:[4]
- Tozzia alpina L. subsp. alpina, occurring in Spain, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy, and former Yugoslavia ;
- Tozzia alpina subsp. carpathica (Wolł.) Pawlł. (Syn: Tozzia carpathica Wolł.), occurring in Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, and Ukraine.
Phylogeny
The phylogeny of the genera of Rhinantheae has been explored using molecular characters.[5][6] Tozzia belongs to the core Rhinantheae. Tozzia is closely related to Odontites, Bellardia, and Hedbergia. In turn, these genera share phylogenetic affinities with Euphrasia, and then with Bartsia.
| Genus-level cladogram of tribe Rhinantheae. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The cladogram has been reconstructed from nuclear and plastid DNA molecular characters (ITS, rps16 intron and trnK region).[5][6] |
Ecology
Tozzia alpina is a
It thrives at altitudes of 800 to 2600 meters. In the Allgäu Alps it rises at the Linkerskopf in Bavaria up to an altitude of 2200 meters.[7] It also prefers lime-rich and nutrient-rich, wet-fresh to moist clay soils, with northern exposures.[1]