Nonphotosynthetic Orobanchaceae

Orobanche on its own page here

Aeginetia

1. Aeginetia indica
   
   • Photo. Common along roadsides of lowland Taiwan. Photo by J.-M. Hu, Oct. 17, 1992. Hsing-Chu, Taiwan.
   • Photo. Weed Research Organization. Photo by L. J. Musselman.
   • Photo. Meeting of Miyakonojo valley plant lovers, color photo album and flora.
   • Photo. Casala, San Mariano municipality, Isabela prov., Luzon Island, Philippines. Photo by  Nestor A. Bartolome.
   • Photos. A series of plant photos. Taiwan. Photos by Mingiweng. Link goes to Flickr.
   • Photos. Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Banana River Tai Chi village, China.  Photos by Yu Sx. Link goes to PlantPhotoBank.cn.
2. Aeginetia sinensis
   
   • Photo. No voucher. Link goes to TROPICOS image library at MO.

Boschniakia (including Xylanche)

1. Boschniakia himalaica [= Xylanche  himalaica]
   
   • One view and another of the infructescence of the plant. The host, Rhododendron phaeochrysum, is shown in the second photo. Photos taken in Yunnan Province, China by George Yatskievych.
   • Photos. Plants in fruit. Taiwan. Photos by Mutolisp. Link goes to Flickr.
   • Photos.  Hubei Wufeng, China.  Photos by PlantPhoto.cn. Link goes to PlantPhotoBank.cn.
2. Boschniakia rossica
   
   • Photo. A holoparasite widely distributed in western North America. Photo of plant from Alaska by Steve Wolf, California State University. See his Biological Sciences Web Server.
   • Photo. N of Paxson, Alaska. Photo by Mark Egger.
   • Photo.  Post-flowering plant.  Parasitic on Alnus (Duschekia). Siberia.  Photo by Oleg Korsun.
   • Photo.  Young shoots emerging from haustorial connection to Alnus (Duschekia). Siberia.  Photo by Oleg Korsun.
   • Photos. Jilin Changbai, China.  Photos by Xuke Xue. Link goes to PlantPhotoBank.cn.

Christisonia

1. Christisonia hookeri
   
   • Photos.  Guizhou, Pak-chi Shan, China. Photos by Renbo Zhang. Link goes to PlantPhotoBank.cn.
   • Line drawing.  Link goes to TROPICOS image library, MO BOT.
2. Christisonia scortechinii.
   
   • Photo1 and Photo2. White and violet flower forms. Genting, Tea Estate of Henry Barlow. Photographs by H. S. Yong in his article in Nature Malesiana (1989, 14 (3): 100-103).
3. Christisonia siamensis
   
   • Photo. Found in bamboo forests. Image from Flora of Thailand web page HERE.
4. Christisonia subacaulis
   
   • Photo. Malaysia? Photo by Nachiket1. Link goes to Flickr.
5. Christisonia wightii
   
   • Photo. Sierra Madre Mountain Range, 1075 m alt., Cagayan province, Luzon Island, Philippines. Photo by Leonardo L. Co.
6. Christisonia sp.
   
   • Habit of plant and closer view of flowers.  Humid forests on the Island of Mayotte (a French territory in the Comoros archipelago, between Madagascar and Africa).  Photo by Fabien Barthelat.

Cistanche

1. Cistanche phelypaea
   
   • Photo. Cádiz, Spain. Photo by D. L. Nickrent.
   • Photo (= C. tubulosa). Jerico. Photo by L. J. Musselman.
   • Photo.  Closer view of the flowers. North of Al Khor, Qatar.  The plant is parasitic on Arthrocnemum. Photo August 2007 by Martin Vestergaard.
   • Photo1 and Photo2 of the flowering plants. Abarkouh region, Iran. Photos by Rasoul Rasoulpour.
   • Flowering shoot. Frequently associated with Arthrocnemum, Qatar. Photo spring 2008 by Martin Vestergaard.
2. Cistanche violacea
   
   • Photo. Lybia. Photo April 2004 by Christoph Heibl.
   • Photo. Mature inflorescences. Lybia. Photo April 2004 by Sebastian Gardt.

Conopholis

1. Conopholis americana
   
   • Photo. Squawroot, from White Rocks campground, Giles Co., Virginia, USA. Photo by D. L. Nickrent.
   • Photo. Squawroot sectioned haustorial connection to its host Quercus (red/black oak group). Giles Co., Virginia, USA. Photo by D. L. Nickrent.
   • Photo. SEM of germinating seedling attaching to mycorhizal root of Quercus. SEM photo by Wm. Vance Baird.
   • Photo. Same germinating seedling as above, sectioned, stained, viewed with light microscope. Photo by Wm. Vance Baird.
   • Photo. Clump of plants and close-up. Elywood Park, Elyria, OH growing on Quercus rubra. Photo by Joel McNeil.
2. Conopholis mexicana (including C. alpina var. mexicana)
   • Photo. Large patch, showing previous years' inflorescences. Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park, TX growing on Quercus spp. Photos by Joel McNeil.
   • Photo.  Habit of inflorescences arising from soil.  Santa Fe National Forest, Johnson Mesa, Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico.  Photo by D. L. Nickrent.
   • Photo.  Closer view of inflorescence. Same loc.  Photo by D. L. Nickrent.
   • Photo.  Inflorescence of parasite with host leaves. Same loc.  Photo by D. L. Nickrent.
   • Photo.  Excavated plant attached to host root. Same loc.  Photo by D. L. Nickrent.

Epifagus

1. Epifagus virginiana
   
   • Photo. Turkey Run State Park, Indiana, USA. Inset shows the flowers. Photo by D. L. Nickrent.
   • Photo. Flower buds. Photo by K. Robertson.
   • Photo. Inflorescence and close-up of flower. Photos taken in Elywood Park, Elyria, OH by Joel McNeil.
   • Photo. Fruits. Photo by K. Robertson.
   • Photo. Excavated plants. The Cascades, Pembroke, Virginia, USA. Photo by Wm. Vance Baird.
   • Photo. Close-up of plant showing "graplers". The Cascades, Pembroke, Virginia, USA. Photo by Wm. Vance Baird.
   • Photos. A series of photos on PhytoImages - Search "Epifagus". Photos by D. L. Nickrent.

Eremitilla

1. Eremitilla mexicana. This genus was recently named by Yatskievych and Contreras Jiménez (Novon 2008) from Guerrero, Mexico.  The name means "little hermit of Mexico" in reference to its secretive habit and rarity.  The following photos were provided by George Yatskievych.
   
   • Habit of the plant.  Only the top of the inflorescence is present above the soil.
   • Excavated root of the only known host, Hedyosmum mexicanum (Chloranthaceae), showing site of older senescent shoots (left) and younger actively growing shoots (right) of the parasite.
   • Excavated plant in hand showing the long inflorescence axis that attaches to the host root deep in the soil and rock.
   • Close-up of a flower showing the didynamous stamens that insert below the ovary (not on the corolla tube) and whose anthers are partially embedded in the expanded filament apex. Both of these features are unique (autapomorphic) for Orobanchaceae.
   • Close up of the infructescence. Eremitilla is unusual in Orobanchaceae in having a 5-ribbed ovary, previously unknown in the family.
   • SEM photo of the seeds with sculptured outer wall, typical of Orobanchaceae.
   • SEM of pantoporate pollen, previously unknown in Orobanchaceae

Gleadovia

1. Gleadovia mupinense
   
   • Line drawing. Link goes to TROPICOS image library, MO BOT.
2. Gleadovia ruborum
   
   • Line drawing. Link goes to TROPICOS image library, MO BOT.

Harveya

1. Harveya capensis
   
   • Photo. Close view of the flowers. Near Theewaterskloof Reservoir, Western Cape, South Africa. Photo by Jenny Archibald.
2. Harveya bolusii
   
   • Photo. Inflorescence with bright scarlet flowers. Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa. Photo by Jenny Archibald.
3. Harveya huttonii
   
   • Photo. A beautiful pink flowered species. Red Ridge, Near Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Photo by Cameron McMaster.
4. Harveya pulchra
   
   • Photo. Plant in full flower.  South Africa.  Photo by J. Morowetz.
5. Harveya pumila
   
   • Photo. White flowers with yellow throats. The Deeps, near Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Photo by Cameron McMaster.
   • Photo. Habit shot of pink and white flowered forms. Mount Kubusie, near Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Photo by Cameron McMaster.
6. Harveya purpurea
   
   • Photos. Six photographs of flowers. Link goes to the Plant Web, plants of South Africa by Peter Swart.
   • Photo1 showing pink flowers on the inflorescence. Photo2, an extreme close-up looking into the corolla tube. Near the mouth of the Steenbras River, Western Cape, South Africa. Both Photos by Jenny Archibald.
   • Photo. H. purpurea ssp. sulphurea. Inflorescences showing white flowers with yellow throats. Pakhuis Pass, Near Clanwilliam. Western Cape, South Africa. Photo by John Manning.
7. Harveya roseoalba
   
   • Photo. Dense, pubescent inflorescence with small yellow flowers. Gamkaberg Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa. Photo by John Manning.
8. Harveya scarlatina
   
   • Photo. Orange corolla lobes on a yellow corolla tube. Drakensberg Mountains, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa. Photo by Andrea Wolfe.
9. Harveya speciosa
   
   • Photo1 showing inflorescence with white, pubescent flowers. Photo2 showing the inflorescence. Drakensberg Mountains, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa. Both photos by Jenny Archibald.
   • Photo.  Plant in flower. Eastern Cape of South Africa, ca. 12 km from Naude’s Nek on road from Rhodes village. Photo by J. Morawetz.
10. Harveya squamosa
    
    • Photo. Excavated plant showing long (and still incomplete) root system. Near Clanwilliam, South Africa. Photo by D. L. Nickrent.
    • Photo. Close-up of flowers. Near Clanwilliam, South Africa. Photo by D. L. Nickrent.
11. Harveya stenosiphon
    
    • Photo. Close-up view of the red corolla lobes and yellow corolla tube opening. Marloth Nature Reserve near Swellendam, Western Cape, South Africa. Photo by Chris Randle.
12. Harveya tubulosa
    
    • Photo. Inflorescence. Table Mt., Capetown, South Africa. Photo by Ernesto Sandoval. Link goes to Flickr.

Hyobanche

1. Hybanche atropurpurea
   
   • Photos. A series of photos on PhytoImages - search "Hyobanche". Photos by D. L. Nickrent.
2. Hyobanche glabrata
   
   • Photo. Plant in flower. Garies, Namaqualand, Northern Cape, South Africa. Photo by Martin Heigan. Link goes to Flickr.
3. Hyobanche sanguinea
   
   • Photo. Habit of flowering individual showing exerted styles. Near Bainskloof, South Africa. Photo by D. L. Nickrent.
   • Photo. Excavated plant. Near Calvinia, South Africa. Photo by D. L. Nickrent.
   • Photo. Plants in flower, with incredibly exerted style/stigma! South Africa. Photo by Malcolm Manners. Link goes to Flickr.

Kopsiopsis

1. Kopsiopsis hookeri (syn. Boschniakia hookeri)
   • Photo. Inflorescence emerging from the ground. Cedar Butte, King Co., Washington, USA. Photo by A. Colwell.
   • Photo. Excavated plants in various stages of development. Cedar Butte, King Co., Washington, USA. Photo by A. Colwell.
   • Photo. Whole plant with host root. Photo by Vance Baird.
   • Photo. Plant in flower and fruit. Grassy Lake and Peden Lake, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Photos by M. E. Sanseverino. Link goes to Flickr.
2. Kopsiopsis strobilacea (syn. Boschniakia strobilacea)
   • Photo. Young shoots emerging from haustorial connection to host root. Photo by Vance Baird.
   • Photo. Infructescence. Photo by Vance Baird.
   • Photo. Plant in flower. Napa County, California. Photos by David Hofmann. Link goes to Flickr.
   • Photo. Plant in flower. Southwestern Oregon. Photos by NC Orchid. Link goes to Flickr.
   • Photo. Plant in fruit. Bear Basin Butte, Siskiyou Mts., California. Photos by Jacqueline Sarratt. Link goes to Flickr.
   • Photos. Plant in flower, and good shot of young inflorescences that give the plant the common name "ground cone". Southern Oregon, USA. Photo by Tyler Walter. Link goes to Flickr.

Lathraea

1. Lathraea clandestina
   
   • Photo. A large population growing at the Hillier Arboretum, England. Photo by Ken Robertson.
   • Photo. Photographs of flowers, fruits, pollen, etc. Link goes to BIOIMAGES: The Virtual Field Guide (UK).
   • Photo. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Photo by L. J. Musselman.
   • Photos. Large cluster of flowers. Allier, France. Photos by Emmanuel Lattes. Link goes to Flickr.
   • Photos. Flowers. The Netherlands. Photos by Jaap Cost Budde. Link goes to Flickr.
   • Photo. Nice view of the plant with some of the flowers removed showing the nearly white vegetative portions. Zaratamo, Biscay province, Spain. Photo by Juan Manuel Sánchez. Link goes to Flickr.
2. Lathraea japonica
   
   • Photo.  Saitama prefecture military affairs Kozan. Photo taken 3 May 1995, from "Praising Flowers" website, Japan.
3. Lathraea squamaria
   
   • Photo. Habit of plants. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Photo by L. J. Musselman.
   • Photos. Habit of plants and flower close-ups. Wasenlcher, Bayern, Germany. Photo by gemeinnützige eG. Link goes to Flickr.
     
   • Photo. Close-up of inflorescence. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Photo by L. J. Musselman.
   • Photo. Close-up of young infructescence. Germany. Photo by L. J. Musselman.
   • Habit of the plants, haustorial attachment to host root, closer view of inflorescences, flowers. Vienna Woods, Austria. Photos by G. Glatzel.
   • Photo of plants with fruits.  Photo by R. A. Howard (see Plant Image Collection, Smithsonian Inst.).
   • Photo 1 and Photo 2 of flowers being pollinated by the solitary bee Anthophora acervorum. "Nymphenburg Castle", Munich, Germany. Photo April 2005 by Hanno Schaefer.
   • Photo. Young infructescence. In a Nature Reserve, East Creech, Dorset, UK. Photo by Bastiaan. Link goes to Flickr.
   • Photos. Great photo of inflorescence with flowers fully open, and flower close-ups. Dorset, UK. Photos by Ceterach. Link goes to Flickr.
   • Photos. Good flower close-ups. Rhön, Germany. Photos by Marco Klüber. Link goes to Flickr.
   • And ... many more on Flickr. Just search "Lathraea".

Mannagettaea

1. Mannagettaea hummelii
   
   • Line drawing.  Link goes to TROPICOS image library, MO BOT.
   • Painting. From Redbook Sevin.  Russian website of biodiversity.
2. Mannagettaea labiata
   
   • Line drawing. Link goes to TROPICOS image library, MO BOT.

Phacellanthus

1. Phacellanthus tubiflorus
   
   • Photo. Meeting of Miyakonojo valley plant lovers, color photo album and flora.
   • Photo. Cluster of flowering shoots. In the forest of the Hokkaido - Kyushu mountain region; the Hyogo prefecture Rokko mountain. 17 June 1989. From "Praising Flowers" website, Japan. 
   • Line drawing. Link goes to TROPICOS image library, MO BOT.

Phelypaea (including Diphelypaea)

1. Phelypaea coccinea
   
   • Photo. Flower. The Atsunta Pass near boundary between Tusheti and Khevsureti. High valleys in the central and eastern Caucasus, the Republic of Georgia. Photograph by Michael J.B. Almond in his journal article HERE. From the Scottish Rock Garden Club Web Site HERE.
   • Photo of plant growing on Psephellus (= Centaurea) spp. (Asteraceae); southern Georgia; July 2002 . Photo July 2002 by Gerald Schneeweiss.
2. Phelypaea tournefortii
   
   • Photo. Habit of plant. Hosap, eastern Turkey. Photo by L. J. Musselman.
   • Photo1 and Photo2. Flowers close-up. Hosap, eastern Turkey. Photo by L. J. Musselman.
   • Photo1 of plant and Photo2, close-up of flower, growing on its host Tanacetum sp. (Asteraceae); eastern Anatolia; Photo July 2002 by Gerald Schneeweiss
3. Phelypaea sp.
   
   • Photo. This plant has an orange flower and a morphology different than the species above. This could be a new species! Turkish Kurdistan. Photo by Karen Nichols. Link goes to Flickr.

Platypholis - no photos