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Rhopalocnemis phalloides has one of the most reduced and mutated plastid genomes known [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Although most plant species are photosynthetic, several hundred species have lost the ability to photosynthesize and instead obtain nutrients via various types of heterotrophic feeding.
Mikhail I. Schelkunov +2 more
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Ecological aspects of Langsdorffia hypogaea (Balanophoraceae) parasitism in the Pantanal wetlands [PDF]
Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2015 Most studies on holoparasitic plants have focused on taxonomic or systematic issues. The objective of this study was to examine the ecological aspects of parasitism of Langsdorffia hypogaea (Balanophoraceae) in the Pantanal wetlands.
Carlos Rodrigo Lehn +2 more
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A record-setting mitogenome in the holoparasitic plant Balanophora yakushimensis accompanied by exceptional loss of organellar DNA repair and recombination genes [PDF]
BMC BiologyBackground Despite only limited sampling, the holoparasitic plant family Balanophoraceae harbors extreme mito-genome diversity and also has exceptionally divergent plastomes.
Runxian Yu +15 more
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Mitochondrial genome evolution in parasitic plants [PDF]
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2019 Background Parasitic plants rely on their host to cover their nutritional requirements either for their entire life or a smaller part of it. Depending on the level of parasitism, a proportional reduction on the plastid genome has been found.
Athanasios Zervas +2 more
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Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 2011 Se brinda nueva información sobre la asociación de gorgojos del género Oxycorynus Chevrolat (Belidae: Oxycoryninae) con plantas parásitas del género Lophophytum Schott & Endl. (Balanophoraceae).
María S. FERRER +3 more
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Balanophoraceae da Estação Ecológica do Cuniã, Porto Velho, RO, Brasil [PDF]
, 2016 The Balanophoraceae family constitutes as an exclusively angiosperm root holoparasite. It is one of the most representative however it has little expression in Brazilian herbaria.
Angelo Gilberto Manzatto +4 more
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Neglected plant parasites: Mitrastemonaceae
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 5, Issue 1, Page 5-13, January 2023., 2023 Mitrastemonaceae are a remarkable family of parasitic flowering plants. The two species that make up this family have a disjunct distribution and a peculiar appearance. Both are devoid of roots, stems, and regular leaves and live inside the roots of their host plants for most of their life cycle.
Luiza Teixeira‐Costa, Kenji Suetsugu
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Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 3, Issue 3, July–September 2022., 2022 This dataset was extracted from case studies of animal and plant conservation translocation published in the first six volumes (2008‐2018) of the IUCN/SSC's 'Global Reintroduction Perspectives' series. Alongside project metadata, it contains the following self‐reported information: select project strategies and methods; information relating to any ...
Katie M. Beckmann, Pritpal S. Soorae
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Unraveling the plant diversity of the Amazonian canga through DNA barcoding
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 11, Issue 19, Page 13348-13362, October 2021., 2021 Here we bring genetic information for the unique flora of the canga of the Serra dos Carajás in Eastern Amazon. DNA barcodes were obtained for 538 species, 323 genera, and 115 families of vascular plants, with 344 species being characterized for the first time.
Santelmo Vasconcelos +21 more
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Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Volume 25, Issue 6, Page 2828-2840, March 2021., 2021 Abstract Renal interstitial fibrosis (RIF) is a crucial pathological change leading to chronic kidney disease (CKD). Currently, no effective medicines have been available for treating it. In our research, we examined the effects of polysaccharides extracted from Balanophora polyandra Griff (BPPs) on kidney fibrosis and epithelial to mesenchymal ...
Luoying Li +6 more
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