Phylogeny, character evolution, and biogeography of Cuscuta (dodders; Convolvulaceae) inferred from coding plastid and nuclear sequences

MA García, M Costea, M Kuzmina… - American journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
• Premise of the study: The parasitic genus Cuscuta, containing some 200 species
circumscribed traditionally in three subgenera, is nearly cosmopolitan, occurring in a wide …

A phylogenetically based infrageneric classification of the parasitic plant genus Cuscuta (dodders, Convolvulaceae)

M Costea, MA García, S Stefanović - Systematic Botany, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
Cuscuta (dodders, Convolvulaceae) is one of the largest and most economically important
lineages of parasitic plants. The genus has a sub-cosmopolitan distribution with more than …

Delimitation of major lineages within Cuscuta subgenus Grammica (Convolvulaceae) using plastid and nuclear DNA sequences

S Stefanović, M Kuzmina… - American Journal of Botany, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Subgenus Grammica, the largest and most diverse group in the parasitic genus Cuscuta,
includes 130 species distributed primarily throughout the New World, with Mexico as its …

Phytochemistry and Biological Studies of Endemic Hawaiian Plants

P Meesakul, T Shea, R Fenstemacher… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Hawaiian Islands are renowned for their exceptional biodiversity and are host to a
plethora of endemic plant species, which have been utilized in traditional Hawaiian …

Leaf and stem micromorphology of Jacquemontia evolvuloides (Moric.) Meisn. (Convolvulaceae) populations: New insights for taxonomic classification using light …

DP Belo, MT Buril, EAV Dos Santos… - Microscopy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Morphoanatomical studies can provide useful and relevant information to support taxonomic
groupings. Jacquemontia evolvuloides shows great morphological variability, which has led …

Is there a secondary/specialized metabolism in the genus Cuscuta and which is the role of the host plant?

IJ Flores-Sánchez, A Garza-Ortiz - Phytochemistry reviews, 2019 - Springer
The parasitic plants from the genus Cuscuta have been studied from different perspectives,
such as their phytochemistry, pharmacology, taxonomy, as weeds, and as a model plant for …

[图书][B] Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia and surrounding areas

AS Weakley - 2006 - Citeseer
Floras serve as the basic reference of the plant biota of an area; they are critical tools that
serve botanists, conservationists, ecologists, foresters, gardeners, agronomists, researchers …

Cuscuta seeds: Diversity and evolution, value for systematics/identification and exploration of allometric relationships

M Olszewski, M Dilliott, I García-Ruiz, B Bendarvandi… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Cuscuta (dodders) is a group of parasitic plants with tremendous economic and ecological
significance. Their seeds are often described as “simple” or “unspecialized” because they do …

Pollen evolution and its taxonomic significance in Cuscuta (dodders, Convolvulaceae)

M Welsh, S Stefanović, M Costea - Plant Systematics and Evolution, 2010 - Springer
The pollen morphology of 148 taxa (135 species and 13 varieties) of the parasitic plant
genus Cuscuta (dodders, Convolvulaceae) was examined using scanning electron …

Entangled evolutionary history of Cuscuta pentagona clade: A story involving hybridization and Darwin in the Galapagos

M Costea, MA García, K Baute, S Stefanović - Taxon, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The distribution of Cuscuta subg. Grammica sect. Cleistogrammica (Cuscuta pentagona
clade) is centered in North America (C. campestris, C. glabrior, C. harperi, C. pentagona, C …