పరాన్నజీవి మొక్క: కూర్పుల మధ్య తేడాలు

[[File:Cuscuta parasite plant.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Cuscuta Parasite Plant]]

A '''parasitic plant''' is one that derives some or all of its sustenance from another plant. About 4,100 species in approximately 19 families of [[flowering plant]]s are known.<ref>Nickrent, D. L. and Musselman, L. J. 2004. Introduction to Parasitic Flowering Plants. ''The Plant Health Instructor''. DOI: 10.1094/PHI-I-2004-0330-01 [http://www.apsnet.org/education/IntroPlantPath/PathogenGroups/Parasiticplants/]</ref> Parasitic plants have a modified root, the [[haustorium]], that penetrates the host plant and connects to the [[xylem]], [[phloem]], or both. Parasitic plants are characterized as follows:

 

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