Presented by

Dan Nickrent

Department of Plant Biology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

A new web site on dodder has been created by Mihai Costea called "The Digital Atlas of Cuscuta".  The detailed photographs will assist those engaged in the  task of identifying species in this difficult genus.

A parasitic plant makes the cover of American Journal of Botany -- again!  Following on the heels of the April issue (with Tristerix) comes Hydnora africana, highlighting an article by Tennakoon et al. on the vegetative morphology and anatomy of H. triceps, a hypogeous root holoparasite. See AJB 2007, vol. 94, 1439-1449.

What's New on the Parasitic Plant Connection?

Photographs Needed! See a list of genera for which no photograph currently exists on the PPC!

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General Information

How to Navigate the PPC	Why the PPC?	Using Information from the PPC
About the Author of These Pages	Links to Other Parasitic Plant Sites	Names & Addresses of Specialists
Terminology of Parasitic Plants	Parasitic Plants as Food !	Parasitic Plants on Stamps !
News about the Parasitic Plant Connection Old Newsworthy Items	Upcoming Meetings on Parasitic Plants  Past Meetings on Parasitic Plants	References - General References - Molecular
Generic Lists - all families	Translations of Parasitic Plant Literature	Click HERE to get a pdf file tabulating the number of genera and species of parasitic plants

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Order and Family Pages

The following family pages provide distribution maps and links to descriptions, lists of genera, photographs, bibliographic references and DNA sequence information.

Parasitaxus - Is it a Parasitic Gymnosperm?

The Strange and Wonderful Myco-heterotrophs

Laurales

Lauraceae (Cassytha) The Laurel Family (Love Vine)

Piperales

Hydnoraceae (Hydnora) The Hydnora Family

Santalales
	Olacaceae s. lat.  The Olax Family
	Misodendraceae The Feathery Mistletoe Family
	Schoepfiaceae The Schoepfia Family
	Loranthaceae The Showy Mistletoe Family
	Opiliaceae The Opilia Family
	Santalaceae s. lat. The Sandalwood Family
	Viscaceae The Mistletoe Family
	Balanophoraceae The Balanophora Family

Saxifragales

Cynomoriaceae (Cynomorium) The Cynomorium Family

Krameriaceae

Krameriaceae (Krameria) The Krameria Family

Malpighiales

Rafflesiaceae The Rafflesia Family

Malvales

Apodanthaceae The Apodanthes Family Cytinaceae The Cytinus Family

Ericales

Mitrastemonaceae (Mitrastema) The Mitrastema Family

Lennoaceae

Lennoaceae The Lennoa Family

Solanales

Convolvulaceae (Cuscuta) The Morning Glory Family (Dodder)

Lamiales

Orobanchaceae The Broomrape Family

Phylogenetic Relationships

All Parasitic Flowering Plants

Santalales

Orobanchaceae

Molecular Data (DNA and RNA)

DNA Sequences - Links to Families of Parasitic Plants in NCBI (Taxonomy Browser)

1. Apodanthaceae
2. Balanophoraceae
3. Convolvulaceae (Cuscuta)
4. Cynomoriaceae
5. Cytinaceae
6. Hydnoraceae
7. Krameriaceae
8. Lauraceae (Cassytha)
9. Lennoaceae (Lennoa, Pholisma)
10. Loranthaceae
11. Misodendraceae
12. Mitrastemonaceae
13. Olacaceae
14. Opiliaceae
15. Orobanchaceae
16. Rafflesiaceae
17. Santalaceae (here, including Viscaceae)
18. Schoepfiaceae (Schoepfia)

Sequence Alignments

Ribosomal RNA Structures

EDIT (Early DMBQ-Induced in Triphysaria) Transcript Database (Yoder Lab).

Awards and Recognition !!

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Dan Nickrent
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Department of Plant Biology
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, College of Science
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

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