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Embryology in Helosis cayennensis (Balanophoraceae): Structure of Female Flowers, Fruit, Endosperm and Embryo

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, Héctor A. Sato, Brigitte Marazzi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Microbial community roles and chemical mechanisms in the parasitic development of Orobanche cumana

iMeta, 2022
Orobanche cumana Wallr. is a holoparasite weed that extracts water and nutrients from its host the sunflower, thereby causing yield reductions and quality losses. However, the number of O.
Jiao Xi, Beilei Lei, Yong‐Xin Liu, Zanbo Ding, Jiaxi Liu, Tengqi Xu, Lijun Hou, Siqi Han, Xun Qian, Yongqing Ma, Quanhong Xue, Jinming Gao, Jie Gu, James M. Tiedje, Yanbing Lin   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pollinator is a housemate: Aeginetia indica, a parasite on Miscanthus sinensis, is pollinated by Ceratina bees nesting in its host

Plant Species Biology, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 266-273, May 2025.
Aeginetia indica is a parasitic plant on Miscanthus sinensis. Through interval photography and direct observation, we identified Ceratina flavipes as its sole pollinator, which nests inside the stem of M. sinensis. This pollination system, which involves a mutual relationship between a parasitic plant and an insect inhabiting the same host plant, has ...
Tomohiro Watazu, Masayoshi K. Hiraiwa, Atushi Ushimaru, Tetsuro Hosaka   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Microbes and metabolites of a plant-parasite interaction: Deciphering the ecology of Tetrastigma host choice in the world’s largest parasitic flower, Rafflesia

Current Plant Biology
Rafflesia, known for producing the world’s largest flowers, is a holoparasite found only in Southeast Asia's rapidly diminishing tropical forests.
Jeanmaire Molina, Roche C. de Guzman, Rinat Abzalimov, Wenkai Huang, Anusha Guruprasad, Ronniel Pedales, Adhityo Wicaksono, Destiny Davis, John Rey Callado, Hans Bänziger, Piyakaset Suksathan, William Eaton, Pride Yin, Marco Bürger, Mick Erickson, Stephen Jones, James Adams, Susan Pell   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Taxonomy in the light of incongruence: An updated classification of Malvales and Malvaceae based on phylogenomic data

TAXON, Volume 74, Issue 2, Page 361-385, April 2025.
Abstract Malvales is a diverse order of flowering plants, economically and ecologically relevant, and it is known for its broad morphological variability. Recent phylogenomic studies have revealed a complex evolutionary history for the order, including localised phylogenetic discordances among nuclear loci.
Matheus Colli‐Silva, Oscar Alejandro Pérez‐Escobar, Carlos D.M. Ferreira, Maria T.R. Costa, Samuele Gerace, Thales Silva Coutinho, Vania N. Yoshikawa, Higor Antonio‐Domingues, Rebeca Hernández‐Gutiérrez, Massimo G. Bovini, Marília C. Duarte, Martin Cheek, Mark W. Chase, Michael F. Fay, Maarten J.M. Christenhusz, Laurence J. Dorr, Cleo Schoeplein, Marcella Corcoran, Shyamali Roy, Stuart Cable, Todd McLay, Olivier Maurin, Félix Forest, William J. Baker, Alexandre Antonelli   +24 more
wiley   +1 more source

The seed transcriptome of Rafflesia reveals horizontal gene transfer and convergent evolution: Implications for conserving the world's largest flower

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 7, Issue 2, Page 448-466, March 2025.
Rafflesia is a genus of parasitic plants with the largest flowers in the world, unique to the threatened forest habitats of tropical Asia. Here, we report on genes that are active (the transcriptome) in Rafflesia seeds as part of a larger effort to understand Rafflesia.
Jeanmaire Molina, Adhityo Wicaksono, Todd P. Michael, Su‐Hwan Kwak, Ronniel D. Pedales, Zoé Joly‐Lopez, Semar Petrus, Allen Mamerto, Brian Tomek, Sumaya Ahmed, Venkatasivasankar Maddu, Kristina Yakubova, Danilo Tandang, Joseph W. Morin, So‐Yon Park, Hyun‐Oh Lee, William McLaughlin, Kyle Wallick, James Adams, Ari Novy, Susan Pell, Michael D. Purugganan   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecological aspects of Langsdorffia hypogaea (Balanophoraceae) parasitism in the Pantanal wetlands. [PDF]

, 2017
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.
LEHN, C. R., MATTOS, P. P. de, SALIS, S. M. de   +2 more
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Comparative gene expression analysis of differentiated terminal and lateral haustoria of the obligate root parasitic plant Phelipanche ramosa (Orobanchaceae)

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 7, Issue 2, Page 360-366, March 2025.
The parasitic weed Phelipanche ramosa thrives on a broad spectrum of cash crops over the Northern Hemisphere. Unfortunately, current management practices are inefficient in controlling its devastating impacts and spread. Here, valuable insights are provided on an understudied aspect of its biology, the formation of a feeding organ network on the ...
Guillaume Brun, Julia K. H. Leman, Susann Wicke   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aging seeds of weedy broomrapes and witchweeds lose sensitivity to strigolactones as DNA demethylates

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 7, Issue 2, Page 476-485, March 2025.
Broomrapes and witchweeds have devastating effects on crops in parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia. The key to their success is the production of copious, long‐lived seeds, which germinate in response to the perception of chemicals released by their hosts' roots.
Guillaume Brun, Jonathan Pöhl, Susann Wicke   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parasitic plants have increased rates of molecular evolution across all three genomes

, 2015
BACKGROUND Theoretical models and experimental evidence suggest that rates of molecular evolution could be raised in parasitic organisms compared to non-parasitic taxa. Parasitic plants provide an ideal test for these predictions, as there are at least a
Bromham, Lindell, Cowman, Peter F, Lanfear, Robert   +2 more
core   +1 more source