Nonphotosynthetic Orobanchaceae (exclusive of Orobanche)

Aeginetia

1. Aeginetia indica. Common along roadsides of lowland Taiwan. Photo by J.-M. Hu, Oct. 17, 1992. Hsing-Chu, Taiwan.
2. Aeginetia indica. Weed Research Organization. Photo by L. J. Musselman.
3. Aeginetia indica. Meeting of Miyakonojo valley plant lovers, color photo album and flora.
4. Aeginetia sinensis. No voucher. Link goes to TROPICOS image library at MO.

Boschniakia

1. Boschniakia rossica. 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.
2. Boschniakia rossica. N of Paxson, Alaska. Photo by Mark Egger.
3. Boschniakia rossica.  Post-flowering plant.  Parasitic on Alnus (Duschekia). Siberia.  Photo by Oleg Korsun.
4. Boschniakia rossica.  Young shoots emerging from haustorial connection to Alnus (Duschekia). Siberia.  Photo by Oleg Korsun.
5. Boschniakia strobilacea. Young shoots emerging from haustorial connection to host root. Photo by Vance Baird.
6. Boschniakia strobilacea. Infructescence. Photo by Vance Baird.

Christisonia

1. Christisonia hookeri. Line drawing. Link goes to TROPICOS image library, MO BOT.
2. Christisonia siamensis. Found in bamboo forests. Image from Flora of Thailand web page HERE.
3. Christisonia scortechinii. White flower form. Genting, Tea Estate of Henry Barlow. Photographs by H. S. Yong in his article in Nature Malesiana (1989, 14 (3): 100-103).
4. Christisonia scortechinii. Violet flower form. Same loc. as above.
5. Christisonia wightii. Sierra Madre Mtn 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. Cádiz, Spain. Photo by D. L. Nickrent.
2. Cistanche phelypaea (= C. tubulosa). Jerico. Photo by L. J. Musselman.
3. Cistanche phelypaea.  Closer view of the flowers. North of Al Khor, Qatar.  The plant is parasitic on Arthrocnemum. Photo August 2007 by Martin Vestergaard.
4. Cistanche violacea. Lybia. Photo April 2004 by Christoph Heibl.
5. Cistanche violacea. Mature inflorescences. Lybia. Photo April 2004 by Sebastian Gardt.

Conopholis

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

Epifagus

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

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

Hyobanche

1. Hyobanche sanguinea. Habit of flowering individual showing exerted styles. Near Bainskloof, South Africa. Photo by D. L. Nickrent.
2. Hyobanche sanguinea. Excavated plant. Near Calvinia, South Africa. Photo by D. L. Nickrent.

Kopsiopsis

1. Kopsiopsis (= Boschniakia) hookeri. Inflorescence emerging from the ground. Cedar Butte, King Co., WA, USA. Photo by A. Colwell.
2. K. hookeri. Excavated plants in various stages of development. Cedar Butte, King Co., WA, USA. Photo by A. Colwell.
3. K. hookeri. Whole plant with host root. Photo by Vance Baird.

Lathraea

1. Lathraea clandestina. A large population growing at the Hillier Arboretum, England. Photo by Ken Robertson.
2. Lathraea clandestina. Photographs of flowers, fruits, pollen, etc. at BIOIMAGES: The Virtual Field Guide (UK).
3. Lathraea clandestina. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Photo by L. J. Musselman.
4. Lathraea japonica. Photo taken 3 May 1995, Saitama prefecture military affairs Kozan. From "Praising Flowers" website, Japan.
5. Lathraea squamaria. Habit of plants. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Photo by L. J. Musselman.
6. Lathraea squamaria. Close-up of inflorescence. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Photo by L. J. Musselman
7. Lathraea squamaria. Close-up of young infructescence. Germany. Photo by L. J. Musselman.
8. Lathraea squamaria.  Plants with fruits.  Photo by R. A. Howard (see Plant Image Collection, Smithsonian Inst.)
9. Lathraea squamaria. 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
10. Lathraea sp. Excavated plants. Germany. Photo (B & W) by L. J. Musselman.

Mannagettaea

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

Necranthus - no photos

Phacellanthus

1. Phacellanthus tubiflorus. Meeting of Miyakonojo valley plant lovers, color photo album and flora.
2. Phacellanthus tubiflorus. 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. 
3. Phacellanthus tubiflorus. Line drawing. Link goes to TROPICOS image library, MO BOT.

Phelypaea

1. Phelypaea coccinea. 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.
2. Phelypaea (Diphelypaea) coccinea growing on Psephellus (=Centaurea) spp. (Asteraceae); southern Georgia; July 2002 . Photo July 2002 by Gerald Schneeweiss.
3. Phelypaea tournefortii. Habit of plant. Hosap, eastern Turkey. Photo by L. J. Musselman.
4. Phelypaea tournefortii. Flower close-up. Hosap, eastern Turkey. Photo by L. J. Musselman.
5. Phelypaea tournefortii. Flower closer-up. Hosap, eastern Turkey. Photo by L. J. Musselman.
6. Phelypaea (Diphelypaea) tournefortii , habit of plant, growing on its host Tanacetum sp. (Asteraceae); eastern Anatolia; Photo July 2002 by Gerald Schneeweiss.
7. Phelypaea (Diphelypaea) tournefortii , close-up of flower, eastern Anatolia; Photo July 2002 by Gerald Schneeweiss.

Platypholis - no photos
Tienmuia - no photos
Xylanche - no photos