The Orobanchaceae is the largest out of the twenty described families of parasitic plants. This chapter clarifies the position of the Orobanchaceae within the world of parasitic plants. It presents a general description of the diversity of parasitic plants within the Plant Kingdom and explains the main modes of plant parasitism, briefly describing the parasites belonging to the various families.
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Heide-Jørgensen, H. S. (2013). Introduction: The parasitic syndrome in higher plants. In Parasitic Orobanchaceae: Parasitic Mechanisms and Control Strategies (Vol. 9783642381461, pp. 1–18). Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38146-1_1
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