Parasitic plants are vascular plants with specialised organs (Haustorium) that penetrate the tissues of other vascular plants (Hosts) and absorb water, minerals and sometimes products of photosynthesis.
HOLOPARASITES
These are also known as "Obligate parasites because of their obligation to find a host inceder to Holoparasites infect both phloem and wyle of the host plant
RAFFLESIA
IVY BROOMRAPE
CUSCUTA
HEMIPARASITES
These are also known as Facultative parastes because they are not completely parane. They ane capable of both photosynthesis and poraction. Henporantes attack the hout's sle
A parasitic plant is a plant that derives their some or all of their nutritional requirements from the another living plant.
Examples:
Dodder
Dodder usually forms an iconic masses of yellow leafless vines over their hosts. Dodder plants are aggressive and they use root-like organs called haustoria to penetrate the stems of their hosts and siphon off their water and nutrients, to the point of their host-death. Dodder does not contain chlorophyll so they have to find their host for energy requirements.
Corpse Flower
Corpse flower smells like a rotting flesh to attract the carrion-feeding flies as pollinators and its sticky fruit is spread by the rodents. It is lack of leaves. It is an obligate parasite and cannot photosynthesize on its own.
Dwarf Mistletoes
Like dodder, dwarf mistletoes also employ haustoria to exploit their hosts’ vascular tissues and do no photosynthesis of their own as they do not contain chlorophyll.
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Parasitic Plants
Parasitic plants are vascular plants with specialised organs (Haustorium) that penetrate the tissues of other vascular plants (Hosts) and absorb water, minerals and sometimes products of photosynthesis.
HOLOPARASITES
These are also known as "Obligate parasites because of their obligation to find a host inceder to Holoparasites infect both phloem and wyle of the host plant
RAFFLESIA
IVY BROOMRAPE
CUSCUTA
HEMIPARASITES
These are also known as Facultative parastes because they are not completely parane. They ane capable of both photosynthesis and poraction. Henporantes attack the hout's sle
INDIAN PAINTBRUSH
MISTLETOE
OWL'S CLOVER
Explanation:
Plant Parasites
A parasitic plant is a plant that derives their some or all of their nutritional requirements from the another living plant.
Examples:
Dodder
Dodder usually forms an iconic masses of yellow leafless vines over their hosts. Dodder plants are aggressive and they use root-like organs called haustoria to penetrate the stems of their hosts and siphon off their water and nutrients, to the point of their host-death. Dodder does not contain chlorophyll so they have to find their host for energy requirements.
Corpse Flower
Corpse flower smells like a rotting flesh to attract the carrion-feeding flies as pollinators and its sticky fruit is spread by the rodents. It is lack of leaves. It is an obligate parasite and cannot photosynthesize on its own.
Dwarf Mistletoes
Like dodder, dwarf mistletoes also employ haustoria to exploit their hosts’ vascular tissues and do no photosynthesis of their own as they do not contain chlorophyll.
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