Selected References to Parasitic Plants: Molecular Systematics and Molecular Evolution

Parasitic Plants, General

• Barkman, T. J., J. R. McNeal, S.-H. Lim, G. Coat, H. B. Croom, N. D. Young, and C. W. dePamphilis. 2007. Mitochondrial DNA suggests at least 11 origins of parasitism in angiosperms and reveals genomic chimerism in parasitic plants. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7: 248.
• Bergthorsson, U., K. L. Adams, B. Thomason, and J. D. Palmer. 2003. Widespread horizontal transfer of mitochondrial genes in flowering plants. Nature 424: 197-201.
• Bungard, R. A. 2004. Photosynthetic evolution in parasitic plants: insight from the chloroplast genome. BioEssays 26: 235-247.
• Davis, C. C., and K. J. Wurdack. 2004. Host-to-parasite gene transfer in flowering plants: phylogenetic evidence from Malpighiales. Science 575: 676-678.
• dePamphilis, C. W. 1995. Genes and genomes. In Parasitic Plants, eds. M. C. Press and J. D. Graves, pp. 176-205. Chapman and Hall, London.
• dePamphilis, C. W., Young, N. D. and Wolfe, A. D. 1997. Evolution of plastid gene rps2 in a lineage of hemiparasitic and holoparasitic plants: many losses of photosynthesis and complex patterns of rate variation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA . 94:7367-7372.
• Duff, R. J. and D. L. Nickrent. 1997. Characterization of mitochondrial small-subunit ribosomal RNAs from holoparasitic plants. Journal of Molecular Evolution 45:631-639.
• Mower, J. P., S. Stefanovic, G. J. Young, and J. D. Palmer. 2004. Gene transfer from parasitic to host plants. Nature (London) 432: 165-166.
• Nickrent, D. L. and Franchina, C. R. 1990. Phylogenetic relationships of the Santalales and relatives. Journal of Molecular Evolution 31:294-301.
• Nickrent, D. L. and Starr, E. M. 1994. High rates of nucleotide substitution in nuclear small-subunit (18S) rDNA from holoparasitic flowering plants. Journal of Molecular Evolution 39:62-70.
• Nickrent, D. L. 1995. Malaysia's unique biological diversity: new insights from molecular evolutionary studies of parasitic flowering plants. This paper was presented October 2, 1995 as part of the International Symposium & Workshop on Conservation Biology. Molecular, Biotechnological, and Conventional Approaches, University of Malaysia, Sarawak, Kuching, Malaysia, organized by M. A. Salleh and J. Beaman. It appears that these proceedings will not be published as originally planned, hence it can be obtained by at this web site.
• Nickrent, D. L. and Duff, R. J. 1996. Molecular studies of parasitic plants using ribosomal RNA. In: Advances in Parasitic Plant Research, eds. M. T. Moreno, J. I. Cubero, D. Berner, D. Joel, L. J. Musselman and C. Parker, pp. 28-52. Junta de Andalucia, Dirección General de Investigación Agraria, Cordoba, Spain.
• Nickrent, D. L., Duff, R. J. and Konings, D. A. M. 1997. Structural analyses of plastid-encoded 16S rRNAs of holoparasitic angiosperms. J. Mol. Biol. 34:731-743.
• Nickrent, D. L., Y. Ouyang, R. J. Duff, and C. W. dePamphilis. 1997. Do nonasterid holoparasitic flowering plants have plastid genomes? Plant Molecular Biology 34: 717-729.
• Nickrent, D. L., R. J. Duff, A. E. Colwell, A. D. Wolfe, N. D. Young, K. E. Steiner, and C. W. dePamphilis. 1998. Molecular Phylogenetic and Evolutionary Studies of Parasitic Plants. Pp. 211-241 (Chapter 8) In: Molecular Systematics of Plants II. DNA Sequencing. D. Soltis, P. Soltis, J. Doyle (eds.). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, MA.
• Nickrent, D. L., and V. Malécot. 2001. A molecular phylogeny of Santalales. Pages 69-74 in A. Fer, P. Thalouarn, D. M. Joel, L. J. Musselman, C. Parker, and J. A. C. Verkleij, eds. Proceedings of the 7th. International Parasitic Weed Symposium. Faculté des Sciences, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France. For a PDF file of this article, click HERE. An updated web version of this work is HERE.
• Nickrent, D. L. 2002. Orígenes filogenéticos de las plantas parásitas. Capitulo 3, pp. 29-56 en J. A. López-Sáez, P. Catalán and L. Sáez [eds.], Plantas Parásitas de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares. Mundi-Prensa, Madrid. [Phylogenetic Origins of Parasitic Plants, in Parasitic Plants of the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands. Click here for an English version of this chapter].
• Russo-Sorel, N. and P. Thalouarn. 1996. Characterization of the plastid genome in hemiparasites. In Advances in Parasitic Plant Research, eds. M. T. Moreno, J. I. Cubero, D. Berner, D. Joel, L. J. Musselman and C. Parker, pp. 97-104. Junta de Andalucia, Dirección General de Investigación Agraria, Cordoba, Spain.

Lauraceae (Cassytha)

• Chanderbali, A. S., H. van der Werff, and S. S. Renner. 2001. Phylogeny and historical biogeography of Lauraceae: evidence from the chloroplast and nuclear genomes. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 88: 104-134.
• Rohwer, J. G. 2000. Toward a phylogenetic classification of the Lauraceae: Evidence from matK sequences. Systematic Botany 25: 60-71.
• Rohwer, J. G., and B. Rudolph. 2005. Jumping genera: the phylogenetic positions of Cassytha, Hypodaphnis, and Neocinnamomum (Lauraceae) based on different analyses of trnK intron sequences. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 92: 153-178.

Hydnoraceae

• Nickrent, D. L., A. Blarer, Y.-L. Qiu, D. E. Soltis, P. S. Soltis, and M. Zanis. 2002. Molecular data place Hydnoraceae with Aristolochiaceae. Amer. J. Bot. 89 (11): 1809-1817.

“Olacaceae” s. lat.

• Malécot, V., and D. L. Nickrent. 2008. Molecular phylogenetic relationships of Olacaceae and related Santalales. Systematic Botany 33: 97-106.
• Ulloa, C. U, D. L. Nickrent, C. Whitefoord, and D. L. Kelly. Hondurodendron, a new monotypic genus of Aptandraceae from Honduras. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 97: 457-467.

Misodendraceae

• Vidal-Russell, R., and D. L. Nickrent. 2007. A molecular phylogeny of the feathery mistletoe Misodendrum. Systematic Botany 32: 560-568.

Loranthaceae

• Amico, G. C., R. Vidal-Russell, and D. L. Nickrent. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships and ecological speciation in the mistletoe Tristerix (Loranthaceae): the influence of pollinators, dispersers, and hosts. American Journal of Botany 94: 558-567.
• Amico, G. C. and D. L. Nickrent.  2009. First report of the mistletoe Tristerix verticillatus on Schinus fasciculatus from the Sierra de San Luis, Argentina. Plant Disease 93: 317.
• Amico, G. C. and D. L. Nickrent. 2009. Population structure and phylogeography of the mistletoes Tristerix corymbosus and T. aphyllus (Loranthaceae) using chloroplast DNA sequence variation. American Journal of Botany 96: 1571-1580.
• Vidal-Russell, R., and D. L. Nickrent. 2008. Evolutionary relationships in the showy mistletoe family (Loranthaceae). American Journal of Botany 95: 1015-1029.
• Vidal-Russell, R., and D. L. Nickrent. 2008. The first mistletoes: origins of aerial parasitism in Santalales. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47: 523-527.
• Wilson, C. A., and C. L. Calvin. 2006. An origin of aerial branch parasitism in the mistletoe family, Loranthaceae. American Journal of Botany 93: 787–796.
• Wilson, C. A., and C. Calvin. 2006. Character divergences and convergences in canopy-dwelling Loranthaceae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 150: 101–113.

“Santalaceae” s. lat.

• Der, J. P., and D. L. Nickrent. 2008. A molecular phylogeny of Santalaceae (Santalales). Systematic Botany 33: 107-116.

Viscaceae

• Ashworth, V.E.T.M. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships in Phoradendreae (Viscaceae) inferred from three regions of the nuclear ribosomal cistron. I. Major lineages and paraphyly of Phoradendron. Systematic Botany 25. 349-370.
• Ashworth, V. E. T. M. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships in Phoradendreae (Viscaceae) inferred from three regions of the nuclear ribosomal cistron. II. The North American species of Phoradendron. Aliso 19: 41-53.
• Molvray, M., P. J. Kores, and M. W. Chase. 1999. Phylogenetic relationships within Korthalsella (Viscaceae) based on nuclear ITS and plastid trnL-F sequence data. American Journal of Botany 86: 249-260.
• Nickrent, D. L., Schuette, K. P. and Starr, E. M. 1994. A molecular phylogeny of Arceuthobium based upon rDNA internal transcribed spacer sequences. American Journal of Botany 81:1149-1160.
• Nickrent, D. L., M. A. García, M. P. Martín, and R. L. Mathiasen. 2004. A phylogeny of all species of Arceuthobium (Viscaceae) using nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences. American Journal of Botany. 91:125-138.
• Nickrent, D. L. and M. A. García. 2009. On the brink of holoparasitism: plastome evolution in dwarf mistletoes (Arceuthobium, Viscaceae). Journal of Molecular Evolution 68: 603-615.

Cynomoriaceae and Balanophoraceae

• García, M. A., E. H. Nicholson, and D. L. Nickrent. 2004. Extensive intra-individual variation in plastid rDNA sequences from the holoparasite Cynomorium coccineum (Cynomoriaceae). Journal of Molecular Evolution 58: 322-332.
• Nickrent, D. L., J. P. Der, and F. E. Anderson. 2005. Discovery of the photosynthetic relatives of the "Maltese  mushroom" Cynomorium. BMC Evolutionary Biology 5: 38.

Krameriaceae

• Sheahan, M., and M. Chase. 1996. A phylogenetic analysis of Zygophyllaceae R Br based on morphological, anatomical and rbcL DNA sequence data. Botanical Journal Of The Linnean Society 122: 279-300.

“Rafflesiaceae” s. lat. [Rafflesiaceae, Mitrastemonaceae, Apodanthaceae, Cytinaceae]

• Barkman, T. J., S.-H. Lim, K. Mat Salleh, and J. Nais. 2004. Mitochondrial DNA sequences reveal the photosynthetic relatives of Rafflesia, the world's largest flower. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101: 787-792.
• Davis, C. C., M. Latvis, D. L. Nickrent, K. J. Wurdack, and D. A. Baum. 2007. Floral gigantism in Rafflesiaceae. Science 315: 1812.
• Nickrent, D. L, A. Blarer, Y.-L. Qiu, R. Vidal-Russell, F. E. Anderson. 2004. Phylogenetic inference in Rafflesiales: the influence of rate heterogeneity and horizontal gene transfer. BMC Evolutionary Biology 4: 40.
• Nickrent, D. L. 2007. Cytinaceae are sister to Muntingiaceae (Malvales). Taxon 56.

Lennoaceae

• Smith, R. A., D. M. Ferguson, T. J. Barkman, and C. W. dePamphilis. 2000. Molecular phylogenetic evidence for the origin of Lennoaceae: A case of adelphoparasitism in the angiosperms? American Journal of Botany [Suppl.] 87: 158.

Convolvulaceae (Cuscuta)

• Berg, S., K. Krupinska, and K. Krause. 2003. Plastids of three Cuscuta species differing in plastid coding capacity have a common parasite-specific RNA composition. Planta 218: 135-142.
• Berg, S., K. Krause, and K. Krupinska. 2004. The rbcL genes of two Cuscuta species, C. gronovii and C. subinclusa, are transcribed by the nuclear-encoded plastid RNA polymerase (NEP). Planta 219: 541-546.
• Bömmer, D., Haberhausen, G. and Zetsche, K. 1993. A large deletion in the plastid DNA of the holoparasitic flowering plant Cuscuta reflexa concerning two ribosomal proteins (rpl2, rpl23), one transfer RNA (trnI) and an ORF 2280 homologue. Curr. Genet. 24:171-176.
• Freyer, R., K. Neckermann, R. M. Maier & H. Kössel. 1995. Structural and functional analysis of plastid genomes from parasitic plants: loss of an intron within the genus Cuscuta. Curr. Genet. 27: 580-586.
• Funk, H., S. Berg, K. Krupinska, U. Maier, and K. Krause. 2007. Complete DNA sequences of the plastid genomes of two parasitic flowering plant species, Cuscuta reflexa and Cuscuta gronovii. BMC Plant Biol. 7: 45.
• Haberhausen, G., Valentin, K. and Zetsche, K. 1992. Organization and sequence of photosynthetic genes from the plastid genome of the holoparasitic flowering plant Cuscuta reflexa. Mol. Gen. Genet. 232:154-161.
• Haberhausen, G. and Zetsche, K. 1992. Nucleotide sequences of the rbcL gene and the intergenic promoter region between the divergently transcribed rbcL and atpB genes in Ipomoea purpurea (L.). Plant Mol. Biol. 18:823-825.
• Haberhausen, G. and Zetsche, K. 1994. Functional loss of all ndh genes in an otherwise relatively unaltered plastid genome of the holoparasitic flowering plant Cuscuta reflexa. Plant Molecular Biology 24:217-222.
• Krause, K., S. Berg, and K. Krupinska. 2003. Plastid transcription in the holoparasitic plant genus Cuscuta: parallel loss of the rrn16 PEP-promoter and of the rpoA and rpoB genes coding for the plastid-encoded RNA polymerase. Planta 216: 815-823.
• Machado, M. A. and Zetsche, K. 1990. A structural, functional and molecular analysis of plastids of the holoparsites Cuscuta reflexa and Cuscuta europaea. Planta 181:91-96.
• McNeal, J., J. Kuehl, J. Boore, and C. dePamphilis. 2007. Complete plastid genome sequences suggest strong selection for retention of photosynthetic genes in the parasitic plant genus Cuscuta. BMC Plant Biol. 7: 57.
• McNeal, J. R., K. Arumugunathan, J. V. Kuehl, J. L. Boore, and C. W. dePamphilis. 2007. Systematics and plastid genome evolution of the cryptically photosynthetic parasitic plant genus Cuscuta (Convolvulaceae). BMC Biology 5: 55.
• Revill, M. J. W., S. Stanley, and J. M. Hibberd. 2005. Plastid genome structure and loss of photosynthetic ability in the parasitic genus Cuscuta. Journal of Experimental Botany 56: 2477-2486.
• Stefanovic, S., D. F. Austin, and R. G. Olmstead. 2003. Classification of Convolvulaceae: A phylogenetic approach. Systematic Botany 28: 791-806.
• Stefanovic, S., and R. G. Olmstead. 2004. Testing the phylogenetic position of a parasitic plant (Cuscuta, Convolvulaceae, Asteridae): Bayesian inference and the parametric bootstrap on data drawn from three genomes. Systematic Biology 53: 384-399.
• Stefanovic, S., and R. G. Olmstead. 2005. Down the slippery slope: plastid genome evolution in Convolvulaceae. Journal of Molecular Evolution 61: 292-305.
• Stefanovic, S. K. M. a. C. M. 2007. Delimitation of major lineages within Cuscuta subgenus Grammica (Convolvulaceae) using plastid and nuclear DNA sequences. American Journal of Botany 94: 568-589.

Orobanchaceae

• Benharrat, H., P. Delavault, C. Theodet, C. Figureau, and P. Thalouarn. 2000. rbcL plastid pseudogene as a tool for Orobanche (subsection Minores) identification. Plant Biology 2: 34-39.
• Bricaud, C. H., Thalouarn, P. and Renaudin, S. 1986. Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase activity in the holoparasite Lathraea clandestina L. Journal of Plant Physiology 125:367-370.
• Delavault, P., Sakanyan, V. and Thalouarn, P. 1995. Divergent evolution of two plastid genes, rbcL and atpB, in a non-photosynthetic parasitic plant. Plant Mol. Biol. 29:1071-1079.
• Delavault, P. M., Russo N. M., Lusson N. A. and P. A. Thalouarn. 1996. Organization of the reduced plastid genome of Lathraea clandestina, an achlorophyllous parasitic plant. Physiologia Plantarum 96: 674-682.
• Delavault, P., and P. Thalouarn. 2002. The obligate root parasite Orobanche cumana exhibits several rbcL sequences. Gene 297: 85-92.
• dePamphilis, C. W. and Palmer, J. D. 1989. Evolution and function of plastid DNA: a review with special reference to nonphotosynthetic plants. In Physiology, Biochemistry, and Genetics of Nongreen Plastids, eds. J. C. S. C. D. Boyer, R. C. Hardison, pp. 182-202. American Society of Plant Physiologists.
• dePamphilis, C. W. and Palmer, J. D. 1990. Loss of photosynthetic and chlororespiratory genes from the plastid genome of a parasitic flowering plant. Nature (London) 348:337-339.
• Ems, S. C., Morden, C. W., Dixon, C. K., Wolfe, K. H., dePamphilis, C. W. and Palmer, J. D. 1995. Transcription, splicing and editing of plastid RNAs in the nonphotosynthetic plant Epifagus virginiana. Plant Molecular Biology 29:721-733.
• Lohan, A., and K. Wolfe. 1998. A subset of conserved tRNA genes in plastid DNA of nongreen plants. Genetics 150: 425-433.
• Lusson, N., P. Delavault, and P. Thalouarn. 1995. The plastid rpl20 gene from Lathraea clandestina (holoparasite) Is conserved in a functional form. Comptes Rendus De L Academie Des Sciences Serie Iii-Sciences De La Vie-Life Sciences 318: 659-664.
• Lusson, N. A., P. M. Delavault, and P. A. Thalouarn. 1998. The rbcL gene from the non-photosynthetic parasite Lathraea clandestina is not transcribed by a plastid encoded RNA polymerase. Current Genetics 34: 212-215.
• Manen, J. F., C. Habashi, D. Jeanmonod, J. M. Park, and G. M. Schneeweiss. 2004. Phylogeny and intraspecific variability of holoparasitic Orobanche (Orobanchaceae) inferred from plastid rbcL sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33: 482-500.
• Morden, C. W., Wolfe, K. H., dePamphilis, C. W. and Palmer, J. D. 1991. Plastid translation and transcription genes in a nonphotosynthetic plant: intact, missing and pseudo genes. European Molecular Biology Organization Journal 10:3281-3288. [Epifagus]
• Olmstead, R. G., C. W. dePamphilis, A. D. Wolfe, N. D. Young, W. J. Elisens, and P. J. Reeves. 2001. Disintegration of the Scrophulariaceae. American Journal of Botany 88: 348-361.
• Park, J., J. Manen, and G. Schneeweiss. 2007. Horizontal gene transfer of a plastid gene in the non-photosynthetic flowering plants Orobanche and Phelipanche (Orobanchaceae). Mol Phylogenet Evol. 43: 974-85.
• Schneeweiss, G. M., A. Colwell, P. JeongMi, J. ChangGee, and T. F. Stuessy. 2004. Phylogeny of holoparasitic Orobanche (Orobanchaceae) inferred from nuclear ITS sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30: 465-478.
• Taylor, G. W., Wolfe, K. H., Morden, C. W., dePamphilis, C. W. and Palmer, J. D. 1991. Lack of a functional plastid tRNA cys gene is associated with loss of photosynthesis in a lineage of parasitic plants. Curr. Genet. 20:515-518.
• Thalouarn, P., Arnaud, M.-C. and Renaudin, S. 1989. Evidence of ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase in the Scrophulariaceae holoparasite Lathraea clandestina L. CR Acad Sci Paris 309(Série III):275-280.
• Thalouarn, P., Theodet, C. and Renaudin, S. 1991. Evidence of plastid and nuclear genes for the large and small subunits of Rubisco in the Scrophulariaceae holoparasite Lathraea clandestina L. Comparison with the autotroph Digitalis purpurea L. and hemiparasite Melampyrum pratense L. CR Acad Sci Paris 312(Sèrie III):1-6.
• Thalouarn, P., Theodet, C., Russo, N. and Delavault, P. 1994. The reduced plastid genome of a non-photosynthetic angiosperm Orobanche hederae has retained the rbcL gene. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 32: 233-242.
• Wimpee, C. F., Morgan, R. and Wrobel, R. L. 1992a. An aberrant plastid ribosomal RNA gene cluster in the root parasite Conopholis americana. Plant Molecular Biology 18:275-285.
• Wimpee, C. F., Morgan, R. and Wronel, R. L. 1992b. Loss of transfer RNA genes from the plastid 16S-23S ribosomal RNA gene spacer in a parasitic plant. Curr. Genet. 21:417-422.
• Wimpee, C. F., Wrobel, R. L. and Garvin, D. K. 1991. A divergent plastid genome in Conopholis americana, an achlorophyllous parasitic plant. Plant Molecular Biology 17:161-166.
• Wolfe, A., S. Datwyler, and C. Randle. 2002. A phylogenetic and biogeographic analysis of the Cheloneae (Scrophulariaceae) based on ITS and matK sequence data. Systematic Botany 27: 138-148.
• Wolfe, A. D. and dePamphilis, C. W. 1997. Alternate paths of evolution for the photosynthetic gene rbcL in four nonphotosynthetic species of Orobanche. Plant Mol. Biol. 33:965-977.
• Wolfe, A. D., C. P. Randle, L. Liu, and K. E. Steiner. 2005. Phylogeny and biogeography of Orobanchaceae. Folia Geobotanica 40: 115-134.
• Wolfe, K. H., Katz-Downie, D. S., Morden, C. W. and Palmer, J. D. 1992a. Evolution of the plastid ribosomal RNA operon in a nongreen parasitic plant: accelerated sequence evolution, altered promoter structure, and tRNA pseudogenes. Plant Mol. Biol. 18:1037-1048. [Epifagus]
• Wolfe, K. H., Morden, C. W., Ems, S. C. and Palmer, J. D. 1992b. Rapid evolution of the plastid translational apparatus in a nonphotosynthetic plant: Loss or accelerated sequence evolution of tRNA and ribosomal protein genes. J. Mol. Evol. 35:304-317. [Epifagus]
• Wolfe, K. H., Morden, C. W. and Palmer, J. D. 1992c. Function and evolution of a minimal plastid genome from a nonphotosynthetic parasitic plant. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 89:10648-10652. [Epifagus]
• Yang, F. S. a. W. X. Q. 2007. Extensive length variation in the cpDNA trnT-trnF region of hemiparasitic Pedicularis and its phylogenetic implications. Plant Systematics and Evolution 264: 251-264.
• Young, N. D., K. E. Steiner, and C. W. dePamphilis. 1999. The evolution of parasitism in Scrophulariaceae/ Orobanchaceae: Plastid gene sequences refute an evolutionary transition series. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 86: 876-893.
• Young, N. D., and C. W. dePamphilis. 2000. Purifying selection detected in the plastid gene matK and flanking ribozyme regions within a group II intron of nonphotosynthetic plants. Mol. Biol. Evol. 17: 1933-1941.
• Young, N. D., and C. W. de Pamphilis. 2005. Rate variation in parasitic plants: correlated and uncorrelated patterns among plastid genes of different function. BMC Evolutionary Biology 5.

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