An obligate parasite or holoparasite is a parasitic organism that cannot complete its life-cycle without exploiting a suitable host. If an obligate parasite...

hemiparasite. Holoparasites are always obligate so only two terms are needed, e.g. Dodder is a stem holoparasite. Hydnora spp. are root holoparasites. Plants...

mistletoe derives some of its nutrients from another living plant, whereas a holoparasite such as dodder derives all of its nutrients from another plant. Parasitic...

"A structural, functional and molecular analysis of plastids of the holoparasites Cuscuta reflexa and Cuscuta europaea". Planta. 181 (1): 91–96. doi:10...

is native to the chaparral of California and Baja California. It is a holoparasite growing attached to the roots of shrubs, usually chamise. Orobanche bulbosa...

is an achlorophyllous (lacking chlorophyll), root parasitic plant (holoparasite). It is native to Northern Mexico, and to the Southwestern United States...

Cuscuta chinensis Lam. is a stem holoparasite vine in the family Convolvulaceae. It was first described in China in 1786. C. chinensis is a thin, yellow...

leaves, stems or even roots, and does not have chlorophyll. It lives as a holoparasite on vines of the genus Tetrastigma. Similar to fungi, individuals grow...

Orobanchaceae. These parasitic plants can either be hemi-parasites or holoparasites. The order Lamiales has a variety of species with anthropogenic uses...

breaking down organic matter. While only a few species are achlorophyllous holoparasites, all orchids are myco-heterotrophic during germination and seedling...