Orobanchaceae

Orobanchaceae
Lesser broomrape (Orobanche minor)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Orobanchaceae
Vent.[1]
Tribes[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Cyclocheilaceae Marais (1981)
  • Nesogenaceae Marais (1981)

Orobanchaceae, the broomrapes, is a family of mostly parasitic plants of the order Lamiales, with about 90 genera and more than 2000 species.[4] Many of these genera (e.g., Pedicularis, Rhinanthus, Striga) were formerly included in the family Scrophulariaceae sensu lato.[5][6][7] With its new circumscription, Orobanchaceae forms a distinct, monophyletic family.[7] From a phylogenetic perspective, it is defined as the largest crown clade containing Orobanche major and relatives, but neither Paulownia tomentosa nor Phryma leptostachya nor Mazus japonicus.[8][9]

The Orobanchaceae are annual herbs or perennial herbs or shrubs, and most (all except Lindenbergia, Rehmannia and Triaenophora) are parasitic on the roots of other plants—either holoparasitic or hemiparasitic (fully or partly parasitic). The holoparasitic species lack chlorophyll and therefore cannot perform photosynthesis.

Striga bilabiata
Cistanche tubulosa
Castilleja purpurea
Pedicularis zeylanica
  1. ^ Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x. hdl:10654/18083. Archived from the original on 2013-06-30. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
  2. ^ Stevens, Peter. "Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, version 13. Lamiales: Orobanchaceae". www.mobot.org. Archived from the original on 7 December 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  3. ^ Orobanchaceae Vent. Archived 2024-02-29 at the Wayback Machine Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
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