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• Blight
  ...es are of two classes,—those due to bacteria or microbes, and those due to parasitic fungi. For an account of these troubles, see Diseases.
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• Parasite
  ...with such parasites as these that plant pathology is primarily concerned. Parasitic fungi commonly grow within the tissues of the host plant, reaching the surf ...opment saprophytically. Again, there are many fungi which, while generally parasitic, may be grown in the laboratory upon a variety of culture media, or cooked
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• Cassytha
  '''''Cassytha''''' L. (1753) is a genus of 17 species of [[parasite|parasitic]] [[vine]]s in the family [[Lauraceae]], mainly native to [[Australia]], bu The plants bear a striking, though superficial, resemblance to ''[[Cuscuta]]'' (dodder
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• Balanophoraceae
  ...elf to the host, looks like a tuber, and is not a proper root system. The plants contain no [[chlorophyll]]. ...1992 onwards). ''[http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ The families of flowering plants]: descriptions, illustrations, identification, information retrieval.'' Ver
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• Phycomycetes
  ...ts, etc.; Rhizopus nigricans, a mold on bread, fruit, etc.; Empusa muscae, parasitic on houseflies, causing their death and producing a white halo about them on <!-- in order to add all the proper categories, go to http://www.plants.am/wiki/Plant_Categories and copy/paste the contents of the page here, and
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• Castilleja
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...relegated to the family [[Orobanchaceae]]. They are semi-[[Parasitic plant|parasitic]] on the roots of grasses.{{wp}}
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• Loranthus
  ...on them: fr. a berry or drupe, with mucilaginous viscid contents. They are parasitic on upper parts of trees or shrubs or sometimes on the ground. <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
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• Epiphyll
  ...her than to those that are parasitic on them as are the fungi. Epiphyllous plants are likely to be most abundant in the tropics.{{SCH}} <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
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• Buckleya
  ...without particular ornamental qualities, but interesting as one of the few parasitic shrubs successfully introduced into cultivation. ...in. long, crowned by the 4 persistent bracts. N. C. and Tenn. G.F. 3:237.— Parasitic on the roots of Tsuga. Has proved perfectly hardy in Mass.: there is a plan
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• Moulds
  ...rium salicinum, common on leaves of woody plants; A. Footii, on greenhouse plants; Capnodium faedum, on oleander; C. guajavae on guava and other tropical shr <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
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• Sporophyte
  ...ar sporophyte generation or phase is present in the life cycle of all land plants and in some algae. ...e or female [[gamete]]s (or both) by [[mitosis]]. [[Sexual reproduction of plants|The fusion of male and female gametes]] produces a [[zygote]] which develop
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• Aphyllon
  ...ground and bearing several crowded peduncles: fls. purplish yellow. —These plants occur sparingly nearly or quite across the continent. <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
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• Pitcher plant
  ...the [[Aristolochia]] family, being a derivative along one line, while the parasitic [[Cytinaceae]] might be regarded as having degenerated along another line f <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
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• Black cohosh
  ...ictroides'''''), also called '''squaw root''' (which often is used for the parasitic flowering plant, ''[[Conopholis americana]]'') or '''papoose root''', is a *[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CATH2 USDA page for ''Caulophyllum thalictroid
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• Blue Cohosh
  ...ictroides'''''), also called '''squaw root''' (which often is used for the parasitic flowering plant, ''[[Conopholis americana]]'') or '''papoose root''', is a *[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CATH2 USDA page for ''Caulophyllum thalictroid
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• Plant
  ...carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water, and the same is true of some plants, as explained below. ...in which oxygen is absorbed and carbon dioxide is given off—occurs in all plants and animals.
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• Epidendroideae
  ...al plant |terrestrial]]s and even a few [[myco-heterotrophs]], which are [[parasitic]] upon [[mycorrhizal]] [[fungi]]. The [[ovary (plants)|ovary]] is 1-locular.
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• Cuscuta
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...oung shoot reaches an acceptable host, the root dies and the plant becomes parasitic. Failing to find a host, the plant dies. Dodders are common in low, weedy p
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• Sarcodes
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...It belongs to that strange family which comprises the fleshy and parasitic plants, of which the Indian-pipe or corpse-plant is an example. Few species are kn
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• Lauraceae
  ...other genera are [[deciduous]], and ''Cassytha'' is a genus of [[parasite|parasitic]] [[vine]]s. ...gio/ L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants.]
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