Aureolaria

Aureolaria
Aureolaria pectinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Orobanchaceae
Genus: Aureolaria
Raf.
Species
  • Aureolaria flava (L.) Farw.
  • Aureolaria grandiflora (Benth.) Pennell
  • Aureolaria greggii (S.Watson) Pennell
  • Aureolaria laevigata (Raf.) Raf.
  • Aureolaria patula (Chapm.) Pennell
  • Aureolaria pectinata (Nutt.) Pennell
  • Aureolaria pedicularia (L.) Raf.
  • Aureolaria virginica (L.) Pennell

Aureolaria Raf. (false foxglove) is a genus of 8 species[1] in North America[2] that until recently was aligned with members of the family Scrophulariaceae. As a result of numerous molecular phylogenetic studies based on various chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) loci, it was shown to be more closely related to members of the Orobanchaceae.[3] Aureolaria spp. are hemiparasitic, which is a character that in part describes the Orobanchaceae.

Notes

  1. ↑ The Plant List reference for Aureolaria
  2. ↑ A Study of the Host Range of Aureolaria pedicularia (L.) Raf. (Scrophulariaceae)
  3. ↑ Phylogeny of the parasitic plant family Orobanchaceae inferred from phytochrome A

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