TY - JOUR T1 - Pigment composition of putatively achlorophyllous angiosperms JF - Plant Syst Evol Y1 - 1998 A1 - Cummings, Michael P. A1 - Welschmeyer,N. A KW - Angiospermae KW - Lennoaceae KW - Monotropaceae KW - Orchidaceae; Lennoaceae; Monotropaceae; Orobanchaceae; Orchidaceae; chlorophyll; carotenoid; pigment; high-performance liquid chromatography KW - Orobanchaceae AB - 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). Chlorophyll a was detected in all tars, but chlorophyll b was only detected in Corallorhiza maculata. The relative amount of chlorophyll and chlorophyll-related pigments in these plants is greatly reduced compared to fully autotrophic angiosperms. VL - 210 CP - 1-2 ER -