Orobanchaceae

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Orobanchaceae
Tribus: Buchnereae – Cymbarieae – Lindenbergieae – Orobancheae – Pedicularideae – Rehmannieae – Rhinantheae

Genera: Aeginetia - Agalinis - Alectra – Anisantherina – Asepalum – Aureolaria – Bardotia – Bartsia – Baumia – Bellardia – Boschniakia – Brandisia – Buchnera – Bungea – Buttonia – Campbellia – Castilleja – Centranthera – Christisonia – Cistanche – Conopholis – Cordylanthus – Christisonia – Cyclocheilon – Cycniopsis – Cycnium – Cymbaria – Dasistoma – Epifagus – Eremitilla – Escobedia – Esterhazya – Euphrasia – Gerardia – Gerardiina – Ghikaea – Gleadovia – Graderia – Harveya – Hedbergia – Hiernia – Hyobanche – Kopsiopsis – Lamourouxia – Lathraea – Leptamnium – Leptorhabdos – Leucosalpa – Lindenbergia – Macranthera – Macrosyringion – Magdalenaea – Mannagettaea – Melampyrum – Melasma – Micrargeria – Monochasma – Myzorrhiza – Neobartsia – Nesogenes – Nothobartsia – Nothochilus – Odontitella – Odontites – Omphalotrix – Orobanche – Orthantha – Orthocarpus – Parasopubia – Parentucellia – Pedicularis – Petitmenginia – Phacellanthus – Phelypaea – Phtheirospermum – Physocalyx – Pseudobartsia – Pterygiella – Radamaea – Rehmannia – Rhamphicarpa – Rhinanthus – Rhynchocorys – Schwalbea – Seymeria – Sieversandreas – Silviella – Siphonostegia – Sopubia – Striga – Tetraspidium – Thunbergianthus – Tozzia – Triaenophora – Triphysaria – Vellosiella – Xylanche – Xylocalyx

Name

Orobanchaceae Vent. Tabl. Regn. Veg. 2: 292 (1799)

Type genus: Orobanche L. Sp. Pl. 2: 632. (1753)

References
Primary references

Ventenat, E.P. 1799. Tableau du Règne Végétal, selon de Méthode de Jussieu. Vol. 2. 607 pp. Paris: J. Drisonnier. online at Gallica Reference page. : 292.

Additional references

Bennett, J.R., & Mathews, S. 2006. Phylogeny of the parasitic plant family Orobanchaceae inferred from Phytochrome A, American Journal of Botany 93: 1039–1051. Available online [1]. Accessed Feb. 4 2014.
Fischer, E., Schäferhoff, B. & Müller, K.F. 2012. The new monotypic genus Bardotia (Orobanchaceae) from Madagascar and remarks on the phylogenetic relationships of the African and Madagascan genera Parastriga, Radamaea, Rhamphicarpa and Sieversandreas. Phytotaxa 46: 19–33. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.46.1.4 Paywall Reference page.
Li, X., Feng, T., Randle, C. & Schneeweiss, G.M. 2019. Phylogenetic relationships in Orobanchaceae inferred from low-copy nuclear genes: consolidation of major clades and identification of a novel position of the non-photosynthetic Orobanche clade sister to all other parasitic Orobanchaceae. Frontiers in Plant Science 10: 902. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00902 Open access Reference page.
McNeal, J.R., Bennett, J.R., Wolfe, A.D., & Mathews, S. 2013. Phylogeny and origins of holoparasitism in Orobanchaceae. American Journal of Botany 100(5): 971–983. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1200448 Full text PDF
Wolfe, A.D., Randle, C.P., Liu, L., & Steiner, K.E. 2005. Phylogeny and biogeography of Orobanchaceae. Folia Geobotanica 40: 115–134.

Links

Hassler, M. 2020. Orobanchaceae. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Feb. 4. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2016. Orobanchaceae. Published online. Accessed: Apr. 16 2016.
Nickrent, D.L. 2014. The Parasitic Plant Connection, Department of Plant Biology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Available on line [2]. Accessed March 1 2014.
Stevens, P.F. 2001 onwards. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Online. Reference page. Species list on [3].
Tropicos.org 2014. Orobanchaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Feb. 4.

Vernacular names
العربية: هالوكية
azərbaycanca: Orobanşkimilər
беларуская: Заразіхавыя
català: Orobancàcia
čeština: Zárazovité
dansk: Gyvelkvæler-familien
Deutsch: Sommerwurzgewächse
English: broomrape Family
Esperanto: Orobankacoj
eesti: Soomukalised
فارسی: گل جالیزان
suomi: Näivekasvit
français: Orobanchacées
עברית: עלקתיים
hornjoserbsce: Hubinkowe rostliny
magyar: Vajvirágfélék, szádorfélék, szádorgók
日本語: ハマウツボ科
한국어: 열당과
kurdî: Famîleya gurgeyan
lietuvių: Džiovekliniai
македонски: Чуми
മലയാളം: ഒറോബൻകേസീ
Nederlands: Bremraapfamilie
norsk nynorsk: Snylterotfamilien
norsk: Snylterotfamilien
Diné bizaad: Łeeʼdoolʼeezí
polski: Zarazowate
Runa Simi: Ayamaych'a yura rikch'aq ayllu
русский: Заразиховые
slovenčina: zárazovité
slovenščina: Pojalnikovke
svenska: Snyltrotsväxter
ไทย: วงศ์ดอกดิน
Türkçe: Canavar otugiller
українська: Вовчкові (рослини)
Tiếng Việt: Họ Cỏ chổi
walon: Orobantchacêyes
中文: 列當科

Orobanchaceae, the broomrapes, is a family of mostly parasitic plants of the order Lamiales, with about 90 genera and more than 2000 species.[3] Many of these genera (e.g., Pedicularis, Rhinanthus, Striga) were formerly included in the family Scrophulariaceae sensu lato.[4][5][6] With its new circumscription, Orobanchaceae forms a distinct, monophyletic family.[6] 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.[7][8]

The Orobanchaceae are annual herbs or perennial herbs or shrubs, and 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.

Distribution

The family Orobanchaceae has a cosmopolitan distribution, found mainly in temperate Eurasia, North America, South America, parts of Australia, New Zealand, and tropical Africa. The only exception to its distribution is Antarctica, though some genera may be found in subarctic regions.[9]
Life history traits

Orobanchaceae is the largest of the 20–28 dicot families that express parasitism.[10] Apart from a few non-parasitic taxa, the family displays all types of plant parasitism: facultative parasite, obligate parasite, hemiparasites, and holoparasites.
Characteristics
Roots and stems

Parasitic plants are attached to their host by means of haustoria, which transfer nutrients from the host to the parasite. Only the hemiparasitic species possess an additional extensive root system referred to as the lateral or side haustoria. In most holoparasitic species there is a swollen mass of short, bulky roots or one big swollen haustorial organ, which may be simple or composite, commonly called the terminal or primary haustorium.[11]

Plants are reduced to short vegetative stems, their alternate leaves are reduced to fleshy, tooth-like scales, and have multicellular hairs interspersed with glandular hairs.[12]

The hemiparasitic species (transferred from Scrophulariaceae) with green leaves are capable of photosynthesis, and may be either facultative or obligate parasites.
Flowers

The hermaphroditic flowers are bilaterally symmetrical and grow either in racemes or spikes or singly at the apex of the slender stem. The tubular calyx is formed by 2–5 united sepals. There are five united, bilabiate petals forming the corolla and they may be yellowish, brownish, purplish, or white. The upper lip is two-lobed, the lower lip is three-lobed. There are two long and two short stamens on slender filaments, inserted below the middle, or at the base of the corolla tube, alternating with the lobes of the tube. A fifth stamen is either sterile or lacking completely. The anthers dehisce via longitudinal slits. The pistil is one-celled. The ovary is superior. The flowers are pollinated by insects or birds (e.g. hummingbirds, as in Castilleja).
Fruits

The fruit is a dehiscent, non-fleshy, 1-locular capsule with many very minute endospermic seeds. Fruits of Orobanchaceae are small and abundant and can produce between 10,000–1,000,000 seeds per plant.[13] These are dispersed by the wind over long distances, which increases their chances of finding a new host.
Evolution

Development of the haustoria was a significant evolutionary event that allowed for the advancement of parasitic plants. The holoparasitic clade, Orobanche, delineates the first transition from hemiparasitism to holoparasitism within Orobanchaceae.

Despite the similar morphological traits found in both Scrophulariaceae and Orobanchaceae, the latter is now morphologically and molecularly considered monophyletic, though many of its genera were once considered a part of the family Scrophulariaceae.

Lindenbergia, once treated as a member of the Scrophulariaceae, is the one of the only autotrophic genera within Orobanchaceae. It is believed to be the sister group to the hemiparasitic genera within its family.[14]
Genomics

The parasitism and its different modes have been suggested to have an impact on genome evolution, with increased DNA substitution rates in parasitic organisms compared to non-parasitic taxa.[15] For example, holoparasite taxa of Orobanchaceae exhibit faster molecular evolutionary rates than confamilial hemiparasites in three plastid genes.[16]

In a study comparing the rates of molecular evolution of parasitic versus non parasitic taxa for 12 pairs of angiosperm families — including Apodanthaceae, Cytinaceae, Rafflesiaceae, Cynomoriaceae, Krameriaceae, Mitrastemonaceae, Boraginaceae, Orobanchaceae, Convolvulaceae, Lauraceae, Hydnoraceae, and Santalaceae/Olacaceae —, parasitic taxa evolve on average faster than their close relatives for mitochondrial, plastid, and nuclear genome sequences.[17] Whereas Orobanchaceae fit to this trend for plastid DNA, they appear to evolve slower than their non parasitic counterpart in comparisons involving nuclear and mitochondrial DNA.[17]
Ecology

This family has tremendous economic importance because of the damage to crops caused by some species in the genera Orobanche and Striga. They often parasitize cereal crops like sugarcane, maize, millet, sorghum, and other major agricultural crops like cowpea, sunflower, hemp, tomatoes, and legumes. Because of the ubiquitous nature of these particular parasites in developing countries, it is estimated to affect the livelihood of over 100 million people, killing 20 to 100 percent of crops depending on infestation.[18]

Some genera, especially Cistanche and Conopholis, are threatened by human activity, including habitat destruction and over-harvesting of both the plants and their hosts.

Research for this plant family can often be difficult due to its permit requirements for collection, travel, and research.
Taxonomy

Orobanchaceae comprises the following genera, listed according to their life history trait.

Bartsiella
Bornmuellerantha
Brachystigma
Brandisia
Cyclocheilon
Kopsiopsis
Macrosyringion
Odontiella

Non-parasitic

Lindenbergia
Rehmannia [a]
Triaenophora

Hemiparasitic

Agalinis
Alectra
Asepalum
Aureolaria
Bartsia
Bellardia
Buchnera
Bungea
Buttonia
Castilleja : Indian paintbrush
Centranthera
Chloropyron
Cordylanthus : Bird's-beak
Cycnium
Cymbaria
Dasistoma
Dicranostegia
Escobedia
Esterhazya
Euphrasia
Gerardiina
Ghikaea
Graderia
Hedbergia
Lamourouxia
Leptorhabdos
Leucosalpa
Macranthera
Magdalenaea
Melampyrum
Melasma
Micrargeria
Micrargeriella
Monochasma
Nesogenes
Nothobartsia
Nothochilus
Odontites
Omphalotrix
Orthocarpus
Parastriga
Parentucellia
Pedicularis
Petitmenginia
Phtheirospermum
Physocalyx
Pseudobartsia
Pseudomelasma
Pseudosopubia
Pseudostriga
Pterygiella
Radamaea
Rhamphicarpa
Rhaphispermum
Rhinanthus
Rhynchocorys
Schwalbea
Seymeria
Seymeriopsis
Sieversandreas
Silviella
Siphonostegia
Sopubia
Spirostegia
Striga
Tetraspidium
Thunbergianthus
Tozzia
Triphysaria
Vellosiella
Xizangia
Xylocalyx

Holoparasitic

Aeginetia
Boschniakia : Groundcone
Christisonia
Cistanche: Desert broomrape
Conopholis : Cancer-root
Epifagus : Beechdrops
Eremitilla
Gleadovia
Harveya
Hyobanche
Lathraea
Mannagettaea
Orobanche : Broomrape
Phacellanthus
Phelypaea
Platypholis
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Notes

Sometimes placed outside of Orobanchaceae as a sister-taxon.

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