Talk:Parasitic plant

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Myco-heterotrophic symbiosis involves three different species, the myco-heterotroph, the mycorrhizal fungus and the autotrophic plant that the fungus is attached to. The myco-heterotroph is indirectly parasitic on the autotrophic plant, which provide organic nutrients to the mycorrhizal fungus. Thus, a myco-heterotroph can also be termed an epiparasite.

Myco-heterotrophy is not a synonym to epiparatism. Mycoheterotroph plants are either parasitic on fungi or epiparasitic. But epiparasitism in sensu stricto is a rather rare phenomen and only proven for the Monotropoidae. As far as known, every other species of MHP destroys the mycorrhiza, which grows into its roots/rhizomes. Thus all MHPs (except the Monotropoidae) are directly parasitic on fungi. Denis Barthel (former known as Denisoliver) 07:30, 29 August 2007 (UTC)