Mp. Cummings et Na. Welschmeyer, PIGMENT COMPOSITION OF PUTATIVELY ACHLOROPHYLLOUS ANGIOSPERMS, Plant systematics and evolution, 210(1-2), 1998, pp. 105-111
Chlorophyll and carotenoid pigment composition was determined for ten
species of putatively achlorophyllous angiosperms using high-performan
ce liquid chromatography. Four families were represented: Lennoaceae (
Pholisma arenarium); Monotropaceae (Allotropa virgata, Monotropa unifl
ora, Pterospora andromedea, Sarcodes sanguinea); Orobanchaceae (Epifag
us virginiana, Orobanche cooperi, O. uniflora); Orchidaceae (Cephalant
hera austinae, Corallorhiza maculata). Chlorophyll a was detected in a
ll tars, but chlorophyll b was only detected in Corallorhiza maculata.
The relative amount of chlorophyll and chlorophyll-related pigments i
n these plants is greatly reduced compared to fully autotrophic angios
perms.