Hiker's Guide to the Trees, Shrubs
and Vines of Ricketts Glen State Park

Beech Drops (Epifagus virginiana, Orobranchaceae),
A Flowering Plant Parasite of American Beech Roots

   

References: Shrenk, H. 1894. Parasitism of Epiphegus virginiana (Broom Rape, Cancer Root). Proceedings of the American Microscopical Society 15:91-127; Wolfe, K.H., C.W. Morden, and J.D. Palmer. 1992. Function and evolution of a minimal plastid genome from a nonphotosynthetic parasitic plant. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 89:10648-10652.


Updated 3 May 2017.