Discovery of the photosynthetic relatives of the "Maltese mushroom" <it>Cynomorium</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Although recent molecular phylogenetic studies have identified the photosynthetic relatives of several enigmatic holoparasitic angiosperms, uncertainty remains for the last parasitic plant order, Balanophorales, often considered to i...

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Main Authors: Der Joshua P, Nickrent Daniel L, Anderson Frank E
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-06-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/5/38