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

Orobanchaceae is the largest family among the parasitic angiosperms. It comprises non-parasites, hemi- and holoparasites, making this family an ideal test case for studying the evolution of parasitism. Previous phylogenetic analyses showed that holoparasitism had arisen at least three times from the...

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Main Authors: Weirui Fu, Xiaoqing Liu, Naixin Zhang, Zhiping Song, Wenju Zhang, Ji Yang, Yuguo Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2017.01380/full