Hemiparasites obtain nutrients and inorganic salts from host plants through haustoria, a habit that has evolved independently at least 12 times in angiosperms. Cuscuta represents one of the 12 angiosperm orders that have independently evolved from autotrophs to parasites.
Parasitic habit drives plastid genome structural variation and gene loss in Cuscuta species retrieved 10 May 2024 from https://phys.org/news/2024-05-parasitic-habit-plastid-genome-variation.html
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