Gleadovia konyakianorum
Scientists have discovered a new species of parasitic flowering plant. The species is named Gleadovia konyakianorum, in honour of the Konyak tribe of Nagas.
Description
- The plant is a holoparasite complete parasite that derives its entire nutritional requirement from the host plant, which is a Strobilanthes species. Though it has no chlorophyll, the plant has a vascular system and extracts its nutrition from the host plant with the help of a haustorium.
- A haustorium is a specialised structure with which plant parasites attach themselves to the tissue of host plants and derive nutrition.
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