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Rafflesiaceae

Known as: Rafflesiales, Rafflesianae 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2015
Highly Cited
2015
The Plastomes of Two Species in the Endoparasite Genus Pilostyles (Apodanthaceae) Each Retain Just Five or Six Possibly Functional Genes
The 23 species of mycoheterotrophic or exoparasitic land plants (from 15 genera and 6 families) studied so far all retain a… 
Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Possible Loss of the Chloroplast Genome in the Parasitic Flowering Plant Rafflesia lagascae (Rafflesiaceae)
Rafflesia is a genus of holoparasitic plants endemic to Southeast Asia that has lost the ability to undertake photosynthesis… 
Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Holoparasitic Rafflesiaceae possess the most reduced endophytes and yet give rise to the world's largest flowers.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS Species in the holoparasitic plant family Rafflesiaceae exhibit one of the most highly modified vegetative… 
Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Massive Mitochondrial Gene Transfer in a Parasitic Flowering Plant Clade
Recent studies have suggested that plant genomes have undergone potentially rampant horizontal gene transfer (HGT), especially in… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Malpighiales phylogenetics: Gaining ground on one of the most recalcitrant clades in the angiosperm tree of life.
The eudicot order Malpighiales contains ∼16000 species and is the most poorly resolved large rosid clade. To clarify phylogenetic… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Floral Gigantism in Rafflesiaceae
Species of Rafflesiaceae possess the world's largest flowers (up to 1 meter in diameter), yet their precise evolutionary… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Host-to-Parasite Gene Transfer in Flowering Plants: Phylogenetic Evidence from Malpighiales
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) between sexually unrelated species has recently been documented for higher plants, but mechanistic… 
2004
2004
Comparative floral structure and systematics in Apodanthaceae (Rafflesiales)
Abstract.Comparative studies on floral morphology, anatomy, and histology were performed to identify shared features of the… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Phylogenetic inference in Rafflesiales: the influence of rate heterogeneity and horizontal gene transfer
BackgroundThe phylogenetic relationships among the holoparasites of Rafflesiales have remained enigmatic for over a century… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Endothermy by flowers of Rhizanthes lowii (Rafflesiaceae)
Abstract Rhizanthes lowii (Beccari) Harms (Rafflesia- ceae) is a parasitic plant that grows in the understory of the rainforest… 
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