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Cytinus under the Microscope: Disclosing the Secrets of a Parasitic Plant
- Enrico Sanjust and
- Andrea C. Rinaldi
Well over 1% of all flowering plants are parasites, obtaining all or part of the nutrients they need from other plants. Among this extremely heterogeneous assemblage, the Cytinaceae form a small group of holoparasites, with Cytinus as the main repres...