Table 1.
Summary of parasitic plant species mentioned in this review
| Plant species | Family | Target, type of parasitism | Host | Haustorium type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orobanche spp. (broomrape) | Orobanchaceae | Root, obligate holoparasite (Musselman, 1980) |
Tomato, tobacco, potato, hemp, sunflower, peas, lentils (Musselman, 1980) |
Terminal haustoria, lateral haustoria (Musselman, 1980; Westwood et al., 2010) |
| Striga spp. (witchweed) | Orobanchaceae | Root, obligate hemiparasite (Musselman, 1980) |
Maize, sorghum, sugarcane, rice, millet (Musselman, 1980) |
Terminal haustoria, lateral haustoria (Musselman, 1980; Westwood et al., 2010) |
| Phtheirospermum ssp. | Orobanchaceae | Root, facultative hemiparasite (Ishida et al., 2011) |
Medicago, Arabidopsis (Cui et al., 2016; Irving et al., 2019) |
Lateral haustoria (Cui et al., 2016) |
| Triphysaria versicolor | Orobanchaceae | Root, facultative hemiparasite (Honaas et al., 2019) |
Medicago, Arabidopsis, tomato, maize, rice (Honaas et al., 2019) |
Lateral haustoria (Matvienko et al., 2001) |
| Cuscuta spp. (dodder) | Convolvulaceae | Stem, obligate holoparasite (Kaiser et al., 2015) |
Alfalfa, potato, sweet pepper, tomato (Kaiser et al., 2015) |
Haustoria derived from stem (Vaughn, 2002) |