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Orobanchaceae
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Orobanchaceae, the broomrapes, is a family of mostly parasitic plants of the order Lamiales, with about 90 genera and more than 2000 species. Many of these genera (e.g., Pedicularis, Rhinanthus, Striga) were formerly included in the family Scrophulariaceae sensu lato. With its new circumscription, Orobanchaceae forms a distinct, monophyletic family. 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.
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Orobanchaceae is a family of plants within the order Lamiales. It belongs to the class Magnoliopsida and the phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The family has the taxonomic type Orobanche and produces capsules as its fruit type. Its scientific name is Orobanchaceae, and it has been described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
The taxon is accepted in the World Register of Marine Species. It is associated with various common names, including هالوكية, Orobanşkimilər, Заразіхавыя, and Orobancàcia. Records for this family exist in several institutions, such as IBUNAM, CAS, MEL, UCSB, and BRIT. Specimens have been documented in Mexico, China, Spain, the United States, and Italy.
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Species
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Orobanchaceae
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyOrobanchaceae
列當科（学名：Orobanchaceae）是真双子叶植物脣形目中的一科，在此以下有二十五個屬，以及超過二百個種。目前有數個屬，傳統上是被分類於廣義的玄參科下，但根據 APG II、APG III，則被歸類至本科，這些屬形成一個單系群。 本科植物為廣泛分布型的植物，主要生長於歐亞大陸的溫帶地區，還有南美洲、北美洲、澳洲的某些部分、紐西蘭、熱帶非洲。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 420
- With media
- 313
- Family
- Orobanchaceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, CAS, MEL, UCSB, BRIT, RSA
- Recorded in
- Mexico, China, Spain, United States, Italy, Philippines, Sweden, Iran
Research
1,441 papers- Orobanchaceae parasite-host interactions.ReviewThe New phytologist · 2021Mutuku JM, Cui S, Yoshida S et al.DOI: 10.1111/nph.17083
- Identification challenges of Castilleja (Orobanchaceae) on iNaturalist.PloS one · 2024Bürger M, Chory JDOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0311088
- Targeting the dermis for melasma maintenance treatment.Scientific reports · 2024Han HJ, Kim JC, Park YJ et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-51133-w
- Genuine and Sequestered Natural Products from the Genus Orobanche (Orobanchaceae, Lamiales).ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Scharenberg F, Zidorn CDOI: 10.3390/molecules23112821
- Gene silencing in broomrapes and other parasitic plants of the Orobanchaceae family: mechanisms, considerations, and future directions.ReviewJournal of experimental botany · 2025Zainali N, Alizadeh H, Delavault PDOI: 10.1093/jxb/erae388
- Molecular dissection of haustorium development in Orobanchaceae parasitic plants.Plant physiology · 2021Furuta KM, Xiang L, Cui S et al.DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiab153
- Strigolactones are chemoattractants for host tropism in Orobanchaceae parasitic plants.Nature communications · 2022Ogawa S, Cui S, White ARF et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32314-z
- Resistance to Striga parasitism through reduction of strigolactone exudation.Cell · 2025Shi J, Mei C, Ge F et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.01.022
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Description
- Roots and stems
- Flowers
- Fruits
- Taxonomy
- Evolution
- Genomics
- Genera
- Genera by life history trait
- Non-parasitic
- Hemiparasitic
- Holoparasitic
- Distribution
- Ecology
- Notes
- References
- External links
Orobanchaceae, the broomrapes, is a family of mostly parasitic plants of the order Lamiales, with about 90 genera and more than 2000 species. Many of these genera (e.g., Pedicularis, Rhinanthus, Striga) were formerly included in the family Scrophulariaceae sensu lato. With its new circumscription, Orobanchaceae forms a distinct, monophyletic family. 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.
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.
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