A multilocus phylogeny of the non-photosynthetic parasitic plant Cistanche (Orobanchaceae) refutes current taxonomy and identifies four major morphologically distinct clades.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106898
Abstract: Phylogenetic relationships of and within non-photosynthetic parasitic lineages are notoriously poorly known, which negatively affects our understanding of parasitic plants. This is also the case for Cistanche (Orobanchaceae), an Old World genus with about two… read more here.
Keywords: non photosynthetic; cistanche orobanchaceae; clade; asian clade ... See more keywords