Extreme plastomes in holoparasitic Balanophoraceae are not the norm [PDF]
BMC Genomics, 2023 Background Balanophoraceae plastomes are known for their highly condensed and re-arranged nature alongside the most extreme nucleotide compositional bias known to date, culminating in two independent reconfigurations of their genetic code.
Thea Lautenschlager +2 more
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Balanophora xinfeniae (Balanophoraceae), a new species from Xizang, China [PDF]
PhytoKeysBalanophora xinfeniae C.L.Fu, M.Li & B.Xu, a new species discovered in Xizang, China, is described and illustrated here. Molecular phylogenetic analyses and morphological comparisons strongly support B. xinfeniae as a new species within the genus
Chen-Long Fu +5 more
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Genomic comparison of non-photosynthetic plants from the family Balanophoraceae with their photosynthetic relatives [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 The plant family Balanophoraceae consists entirely of species that have lost the ability to photosynthesize. Instead, they obtain nutrients by parasitizing other plants.
Mikhail I. Schelkunov +2 more
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Flora das cangas da Serra dos Carajás, Pará, Brasil: Balanophoraceae [PDF]
Rodriguésia, 2006 Resumo Este estudo engloba as espécies de Balanophoraceae ocorrentes nas cangas da Serra dos Carajás, Pará, Brasil, e fornece descrições, ilustrações e comentários morfológicos das espécies na área de estudo.
Julia Meirelles
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The evolution of the plastid genomes in the holoparasitic Balanophoraceae. [PDF]
Proc Biol SciThe independent transition to a heterotrophic lifestyle in plants drove remarkably convergent evolutionary trajectories, characterized by morphological modifications and reductions in their plastomes. The characteristics of the minimum plastome required for survival, if they exist, remain a topic of debate. The holoparasitic family
Ceriotti LF +6 more
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Embryology in Helosis cayennensis (Balanophoraceae): Structure of Female Flowers, Fruit, Endosperm and Embryo [PDF]
Plants, 2019 Helosis cayennensis (Balanophoraceae s.str.) is a holoparasite characterised by aberrant vegetative bodies and tiny, reduced unisexual flowers. Here, we analysed the development of female flowers to elucidate their morpho-anatomy and the historical ...
Ana Maria Gonzalez +2 more
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A parasitic insect on a parasitic plant: a new species of the genus Formicoccus Takahashi (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Pseudococcidae) from Ishigaki Island, Japan [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2021 A new species of the genus Formicoccus Takahashi (Hemiptera, Coccomorpha, Pseudococcidae) collected from the holoparasitic plant Balanophora fungosa J. R. & G.
Hirotaka Tanaka +2 more
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Genome-Wide Analysis of the MADS-Box Gene Family in Holoparasitic Plants (Balanophora subcupularis and Balanophora fungosa var. globosa) [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 MADS-box is an important transcription factor family that is involved in the regulation of various stages of plant growth and development, especially flowering regulation and flower development.
Kunyu Duan +8 more
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Flora del Bajío y de regiones adyacentes (En línea), 2018 Familia de 16 géneros y alrededor de 43 especies distribuidas en regiones tropicales y subtropicales de ambos hemisferios, en el neotrópico se registran siete géneros y ca. 15 especies. En el área de estudio se registra Helosis.
Patricia Hernández-Ledesma
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Quantitative Approach for Determining Reproductive Life‐History Strategies of Parasitic Plants: A Case Study in Balanophora [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionParasitic plants are a diverse and unique polyphyletic assemblage of flowering plants that survive by obtaining resources via direct vascular connections to a host plant.
Trevor Padgett +4 more
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