A multilocus phylogeny of the non-photosynthetic parasitic plant Cistanche (Orobanchaceae) refutes current taxonomy and identifies four major morphologically distinct clades
Najibeh Ataei, Gerald M. Schneeweiss, Miguel A. Garcı́a, Michael Krug, Marcus Lehnert, Jafar Valizadeh, Dietmar Quandt
Topics & Concepts
CladeBiologyOrobanchaceaePhylogenetic treeEvolutionary biologyMonophylyPhylogeneticsMaximum parsimonyMolecular phylogeneticsBotanyZoologyGeneticsGenePlant Parasitism and ResistancePlant and Fungal Species DescriptionsPlant Diversity and Evolution