Aureolaria Explained

Aureolaria, with the common name false foxgloves, is a genus of 8 species, native to North America.^{[1] [2]}

Aureolaria plants are hemiparasitic, which is a character that in part describes the family Orobanchaceae.

Until recently the genus was aligned with members of the family Scrophulariaceae. As a result of numerous molecular phylogenetic studies based on various chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) loci, it was shown to be more closely related to members of the Orobanchaceae.^[3]

Species

• Aureolaria flava
• Aureolaria grandiflora
• Aureolaria greggii
• Aureolaria levigata
• Aureolaria patula
• Aureolaria pectinata
• Aureolaria pedicularia
• Aureolaria virginica

Notes and References

1. http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Orobanchaceae/Aureolaria/ The Plant List reference for Aureolaria
2. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2424657 A Study of the Host Range of Aureolaria pedicularia (L.) Raf. (Scrophulariaceae)
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20111203225411/http://www.amjbot.org/content/93/7/1039.full Phylogeny of the parasitic plant family Orobanchaceae inferred from phytochrome A