Dodders are worldwide distributed plant parasites. There are about 200 dodder species (Cuscuta, Convolvulaceae), which are close related to sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas var. batatas).
There are about 4,000-5,000 parasitic plant species.
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Legumes are widely distributed around the world, and about 88% of ...
There are 4000-5000 species of parasitic plants in nature, accounting for 1% of angiosperms. Dodders (Cuscuta, Convolvulaceae) are widely distributed holoparasites, and namely, they have very little or no photosynthesis activity.
