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

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

Phtheirospermum (Orobanchaceae), a hemiparasitic genus of Eastern Asia, is characterized by having long and viscous glandular hairs on stems and leaves. Despite this unifying character, previous phylogenetic analyses indicate that Phtheirospermum is polyphyletic, with Phtheirospermum japonicum allie...

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Main Authors: Wen-Bin Yu, Christopher P. Randle, Lu Lu, Hong Wang, Jun-Bo Yang, Claude W. dePamphilis, Richard T. Corlett, De-Zhu Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
cryptic species
Hengduan Mountains
Orobanchaceae
Phtheirospermum
phylogenetic incongruence
Pterygiella
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2018.00142/full

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