Parasitic angiosperms: How often and how many?

Novel genetic code and record-setting AT-richness in the highly reduced plastid genome of the holoparasitic plant Balanophora

(2019) Huei-Jiun Su et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Inflorescence evolution in Santalales: integrating morphological characters and molecular phylogenetics

(2019) Daniel L. Nickrent et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Mitochondrial genome evolution in parasitic plants

(2019) Athanasios Zervas et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Caught in action: fine-scale plastome evolution in the parasitic plants of Cuscuta section Ceratophorae (Convolvulaceae)

(2019) Arjan Banerjee et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Morphometric, phylogenetic and biogeographic analyses of Pyrularia (Santalales), a parasitic disjunct lineage between eastern Asia and eastern North America

(2019) Zhuo Zhou et al.   TAXON

Phylogenetic Relationships in Orobanchaceae Inferred From Low-Copy Nuclear Genes: Consolidation of Major Clades and Identification of a Novel Position of the Non-photosynthetic Orobanche Clade Sister to All Other Parasitic Orobanchaceae

(2019) Xi Li et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

A phylogenetic and biogeographic study of Rafflesia (Rafflesiaceae) in the Philippines: Limited dispersal and high island endemism

(2019) Pieter B. Pelser et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

A conservation genetic study of Rafflesia speciosa (Rafflesiaceae): patterns of genetic diversity and differentiation within and between islands

(2018) P.B. Pelser et al.   BLUMEA

Reconstructing Species Relationships within the Recently Diversified Genus Odontites Ludw. (Orobanchaceae): Evidence for Extensive Reticulate Evolution

(2018) Myriam Gaudeul et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Strigolactones: new plant hormones in the spotlight

(2018) Binne Zwanenburg et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Structural diversity in the strigolactones

(2018) Yanting Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Historical biogeography of Loranthaceae (Santalales): Diversification agrees with emergence of tropical forests and radiation of songbirds

(2018) Bing Liu et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Phylogeny, historical biogeography, and diversification of angiosperm order Ericales suggest ancient Neotropical and East Asian connections

(2018) Jeffrey P. Rose et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Are there too many fern genera?

(2018) Eric Schuettpelz et al.   TAXON

PPG recognises too many fern genera

(2018) Maarten J.M. Christenhusz et al.   TAXON

Footprints of parasitism in the genome of the parasitic flowering plant Cuscuta campestris

(2018) Alexander Vogel et al.   Nature Communications

Large-scale gene losses underlie the genome evolution of parasitic plant Cuscuta australis

(2018) Guiling Sun et al.   Nature Communications

Habits of a highly successful cereal killer, Striga

(2018) Steven Runo et al.   PLoS Pathogens

The Hemiparasitic Plant Phtheirospermum (Orobanchaceae) Is Polyphyletic and Contains Cryptic Species in the Hengduan Mountains of Southwest China

(2018) Wen-Bin Yu et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Parasitic plants

(2018) Alex D. Twyford   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Genetic Diversity and Structure in the Philippine Rafflesia lagascae Complex (Rafflesiaceae) inform its Taxonomic Delimitation and Conservation

(2017) Pieter B. Pelser et al.   SYSTEMATIC BOTANY

Unravelling the phylogeny of the root-hemiparasitic genus Odontites (tribe Rhinantheae, Orobanchaceae): Evidence for five main lineages

(2017) Daniel Pinto-Carrasco et al.   TAXON

Testing the Hypothesis of Multiple Origins of Holoparasitism in Orobanchaceae: Phylogenetic Evidence from the Last Two Unplaced Holoparasitic Genera, Gleadovia and Phacellanthus

(2017) Weirui Fu et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Eocene Loranthaceae pollen pushes back divergence ages for major splits in the family

(2017) Friðgeir Grímsson et al.   PeerJ

Cryptic host-specific diversity among western hemisphere broomrapes (Orobanche s.l., Orobanchaceae)

(2016) Adam C. Schneider et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV

(2016)   BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Assembled Plastid and Mitochondrial Genomes, as well as Nuclear Genes, Place the Parasite Family Cynomoriaceae in the Saxifragales

(2016) Sidonie Bellot et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Functional biology of parasitic plants: a review

(2016) Jakub Těšitel   Plant Ecology and Evolution

Complete Plastid Genome of the Recent Holoparasite Lathraea squamaria Reveals Earliest Stages of Plastome Reduction in Orobanchaceae

(2016) Tahir H. Samigullin et al.   PLoS One

Horizontal gene transfer is more frequent with increased heterotrophy and contributes to parasite adaptation

(2016) Zhenzhen Yang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phylogenetic Revision of the Genus Bartsia (Orobanchaceae): Disjunct Distributions Correlate to Independent Lineages

(2016) Simon Uribe-Convers et al.   SYSTEMATIC BOTANY

Familial classification of the Boraginales

(2016) Federico Luebert et al.   TAXON

Untangling a vine and its parasite: Host specificity of Philippine Rafflesia (Rafflesiaceae)

(2016) Pieter B. Pelser et al.   TAXON

The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase

(2016) MAARTEN J.M. CHRISTENHUSZ et al.   Phytotaxa

Rafflesia consueloae (Rafflesiaceae), the smallest among giants; a new species from Luzon Island, Philippines

(2016) Edwino S. Fernando et al.   PhytoKeys

Resurrection of the genus Aphyllon for New World broomrapes (Orobanche s.l., Orobanchaceae)

(2016) Adam C. Schneider   PhytoKeys

An amended description of Rafflesia leonardi and a revised key to Philippine Rafflesia (Rafflesiaceae)

(2016) J. F. Barcelona et al.   Phytotaxa

Results from an online survey of family delimitation in angiosperms and ferns: recommendations to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group for thorny problems in plant classification

(2015) Maarten J. M. Christenhusz et al.   BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

A metacalibrated time-tree documents the early rise of flowering plant phylogenetic diversity

(2015) Susana Magallón et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A Phylogenetically Based Infrageneric Classification of the Parasitic Plant Genus Cuscuta (Dodders, Convolvulaceae)

(2015) Mihai Costea et al.   SYSTEMATIC BOTANY

Phylogenetic relationships of Santalales with insights into the origins of holoparasitic Balanophoraceae

(2015) Huei-Jiun Su et al.   TAXON

Floral structure and development in Rafflesiaceae with emphasis on their exceptional gynoecia

(2014) Lachezar A. Nikolov et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Phylogeny, character evolution, and biogeography of Cuscuta (dodders; Convolvulaceae) inferred from coding plastid and nuclear sequences

(2014) Miguel A. García et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Possible Loss of the Chloroplast Genome in the Parasitic Flowering Plant Rafflesia lagascae (Rafflesiaceae)

(2014) Jeanmaire Molina et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Molecular delimitations in the Ehretiaceae (Boraginales)

(2014) Marc Gottschling et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Phylogeny and origins of holoparasitism in Orobanchaceae

(2013) J. R. McNeal et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

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

(2013) Lindell Bromham et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Phylogenetic relationships in thePterygiellacomplex (Orobanchaceae) inferred from molecular and morphological evidence

(2013) Li-Na Dong et al.   BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Plastid genome evolution across the genus Cuscuta (Convolvulaceae): two clades within subgenus Grammica exhibit extensive gene loss

(2013) Thomas Braukmann et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Increased sampling of both genes and taxa improves resolution of phylogenetic relationships within Magnoliidae, a large and early-diverging clade of angiosperms

(2013) Julien Massoni et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Mechanisms of Functional and Physical Genome Reduction in Photosynthetic and Nonphotosynthetic Parasitic Plants of the Broomrape Family

(2013) S. Wicke et al.   PLANT CELL

Single-Copy Nuclear Genes Place Haustorial Hydnoraceae within Piperales and Reveal a Cretaceous Origin of Multiple Parasitic Angiosperm Lineages

(2013) Julia Naumann et al.   PLoS One

Developmental origins of the world's largest flowers, Rafflesiaceae

(2013) L. A. Nikolov et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Massive Mitochondrial Gene Transfer in a Parasitic Flowering Plant Clade

(2013) Zhenxiang Xi et al.   PLoS Genetics

Global continental and ocean basin reconstructions since 200Ma

(2012) M. Seton et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Diverse effects of parasites in ecosystems: linking interdependent processes

(2012) Melanie J Hatcher et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Phylogenetic Analysis of the Plastid Inverted Repeat for 244 Species: Insights into Deeper-Level Angiosperm Relationships from a Long, Slowly Evolving Sequence Region

(2011) Michael J. Moore et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES

Morphology and phylogenetics of two holoparasitic plants, Balanophora japonica and Balanophora yakushimensis (Balanophoraceae), and their hosts in Taiwan and Japan

(2011) Huei-Jiun Su et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH

A monograph of Octoknema (Octoknemaceae — Olacaceae s.l.)

(2011) George Gosline et al.   KEW BULLETIN

Fossil Record and Age of the Asteridae

(2010) Marcela Martínez-Millán   BOTANICAL REVIEW

Phylogeny, Life History Evolution and Biogeography of the Rhinanthoid Orobanchaceae

(2010) Jakub Těšitel et al.   FOLIA GEOBOTANICA

Elucidating the evolutionary history of the Southeast Asian, holoparasitic, giant-flowered Rafflesiaceae: Pliocene vicariance, morphological convergence and character displacement

(2010) Mika Bendiksby et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

The evolution of parasitism in plants

(2010) James H. Westwood et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Angiosperm phylogeny inferred from sequences of four mitochondrial genes

(2010) Yin-Long QIU et al.   Journal of Systematics and Evolution

The status of Harveya alba (Orobanchaceae)

(2010) Jeffery J. Morawetz et al.   KEW BULLETIN

Familial placement and relations of Rehmannia and Triaenophora (Scrophulariaceae s.l.) inferred from five gene regions

(2009) Zhi Xia et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Cuscuta jepsonii (Convolvulaceae): An invasive weed or an extinct endemic?

(2009) Mihai Costea et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Taxonomy, ecology, and conservation status of Philippine Rafflesia (Rafflesiaceae)

(2009) J.F. Barcelona et al.   BLUMEA

An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III

(2009)   BOTANICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Parasitic plants as facilitators: more Dryad than Dracula?

(2009) David M. Watson   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

On the Brink of Holoparasitism: Plastome Evolution in Dwarf Mistletoes (Arceuthobium, Viscaceae)

(2009) Daniel L. Nickrent et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

A New Genus of Holoparasitic Orobanchaceae from Mexico

(2009) George Yatskievych et al.   NOVON

Rosid radiation and the rapid rise of angiosperm-dominated forests

(2009) H. Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Phylogenetic placement ofCynomoriumin Rosales inferred from sequences of the inverted repeat region of the chloroplast genome

(2009) Zhi-Hong ZHANG et al.   Journal of Systematics and Evolution

From annuals to perennials: phylogeny of subtribe Castillejinae (Orobanchaceae)

(2008) David C. Tank et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Accelerated Rates of Floral Evolution at the Upper Size Limit for Flowers

(2008) Todd J. Barkman et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the bipolar Euphrasia (Orobanchaceae): Recent radiations in an old genus

(2008) Galina Gussarova et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

The first mistletoes: Origins of aerial parasitism in Santalales

(2008) Romina Vidal-Russell et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Resolving an Ancient, Rapid Radiation in Saxifragales

(2008) Shuguang Jian et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY