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Pigment composition of putatively achlorophyllous angiosperms

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Chlorophyll and carotenoid pigment composition was determined for ten species of putatively achlorophyllous angiosperms using high-performance liquid chromatography. Four families were represented:Lennoaceae (Pholisma arenarium);Monotropaceae (Allotropa virgata, Monotropa uniflora, Pterospora andromedea, Sarcodes sanguinea); Orobanchaceae (Epifagus virginiana, Orobanche cooperi, O. uniflora);Orchidaceae (Cephalanthera austinae, Corallorhiza maculata). Chlorophylla was detected in all taxa, but chlorophyllb was only detected inCorallorhiza maculata. The relative amount of chlorophyll and chlorophyll-related pigments in these plants is greatly reduced compared to fully autotrophic angiosperms.

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  1. Michael P. Cummings

    Present address: Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, 92521-0124, Riverside, CA, USA

  2. Nicholas A. Welschmeyer

    Present address: Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, 95039, Moss Landing, CA, USA

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    Michael P. Cummings

  2. Biological Laboratories, Harvard University, 02138, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Nicholas A. Welschmeyer

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Cummings, M.P., Welschmeyer, N.A. Pigment composition of putatively achlorophyllous angiosperms. Pl Syst Evol 210, 105–111 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00984730

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