The family Cistaceae (Angiosperm, Malvales) consists of 8 genera and 180 species, with 5
genera native to the Mediterranean area (Cistus, Fumara, Halimium, Helianthemum, and …

Although photosynthesis is essential to sustain life on Earth, not all plants use sunlight to
synthesize nutrients from carbon dioxide and water. Holoparasitic plants, which are …

Chemical signals emitted by plants are crucial to understand the ecology and evolution of
plant–animal interactions. Scent is an important component of floral phenotype and …

Phelipanche ramosa is a major parasitic weed of Brassica napus. The first step in a host-
parasitic plant interaction is stimulation of parasite seed germination by compounds …

Abstract Background and Aims The genus Cytinus is composed of rootless, stemless and
leafless parasites whose flowers are only visible during the reproductive period when they …

• Premise of the study: Interactions between plants and ants abound in nature and have
significant consequences for ecosystem functioning. Recently, it has been suggested that …

Abstract Background and Aims Plant plastid genomes are highly conserved in size, gene
content and structure; however, parasitic plants are a noticeable exception to this …

Nectar‐dwelling yeasts are emerging as widely distributed organisms playing a potentially
significant and barely unexplored ecological role in plant pollinator mutualisms. Previous …

Due to their reduced morphology, non-photosynthetic plants have been one of the most
challenging groups to delimit to species level. The mycoheterotrophic genus …

Aim Diversification of obligate parasites is often closely associated with historical shifts
among host species. This phenomenon is well‐documented in animal parasites but still …