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Boschniakia rossica, commonly known as the northern groundcone, is a holoparasitic plant that lives in the northern latitudes of the northern hemisphere. In the Pacific Northwest Temperate Rainforest, it does not grow south of Prince of Wales Island, beyond that boundary is the Vancouver groundcone habitat. It does not contain chlorophyll, so it must be parasitic to obtain nutrients. It specializes on Alnus species, but can parasitize off of other trees and shrubs such as on Betula (birch), Salix (willow), Vaccinium (blueberry), Picea (spruce), and Chamaedaphne (leatherleaf shrub). This organism is likely to be found at mid elevations alongside rivers and streams, where moisture is abundant. This species propagates itself through water flow. In some places bears are known to have eaten the starchy roots, or tubers, of this plant.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Genus: | Boschniakia |
| Species: | B. rossica
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Morphology edit
Boschniakia rossica grows between six and twelve inches tall, with two or three stems per individual. It has tall slender stalks. The roots grow horizontally from a main bulbous mass. It can vary from very dark maroon to reddish brown in color. This is a perennial plant, and flowers every summer. It can produce up to 300,000 seeds. B. rossica very much looks like a pine cone growing up out of the ground.
Common names edit
- Poque
- Cao-cong-rong (China)
- Oniku (Japan)
- Orinamudcobusali (Korea)
- Du’iinahshèe (Gwichya Gwich'in)
- Doo’iinahshìh/Tsʼeedichi (Teetå'it Gwich'in)
- Dotsonʼ ggooneeggeʼ (Koyukon, Lower & Central dialects)
- Dotsonʼ chʼecheneʼ (Koyukon, Upper dialect)
- Tulukkam nauligaafa (Inuit)
- Uktschutsch (Kamtschadalis)
Taxonomy edit
Genetic analyses have been conducted on B. rossica to determine its phylogeny. There are many ways to phylogenetically classify B. rossica, but scientists from Ohio State University have determined that the family Orobanchaceae is estimated to have originated about 52.2 million years ago.[2] The strongest bootstrap support is for terminal clades. The most parsimonious tree of Boschniakia forms a grade with Conopholis and Epifagus as well as other species of Orobanche. In this tree, Lindenbergia and Schwalbea are sister taxa. These are still hypotheses, and further research is being conducted.
There are two GenBank numbers referring to Boschniakia rossica: AY911214, and rps2;ITS : DQ403779; AY911214.
Synonyms edit
The following species are considered synonyms to Boschniakia rossica:
- Boschniakia glabra (C.A. Mey. ex Bong.)[citation needed]
- Orobanchae glabra (C.A. Mey. ex Bong.) Hook.[citation needed]
- Orobanchae rossica Cham. & Schltdl.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "Boschniakia rossica (Cham. & Schltdl.) B.Fedtsch". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
- ^ Wolfe et al. 2005.
- Guo, Ji-Xian; et al., eds. (2001). International Collation of Traditional and Folk Medicine. Vol. v.4. River Edge, NJ: World Scientific.
- Kruckeberg, A R (1983). "Temperate Floras: The North Pacific Connection". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 70 (4): 591–596. doi:10.2307/2398978. JSTOR 2398978.
- Park, Jeong-Mi; Manen, Jean-François; Colwell, Alison E.; Schneeweiss, Gerald M. (2008). "A plastid gene phylogeny of the non-photosynthetic parasitic Orobranche (Orobanchaceae) and related genera". Journal of Plant Research. 121 (4): 365–376. Bibcode:2008JPlR..121..365P. doi:10.1007/s10265-008-0169-5. PMID 18483784. S2CID 21356370.
- Qu, Baihong; Li, Wei; Chen, Yanqiu; Liu, Jisheng (15 July 2011). "Protection versus culture-driven exploitation of wild plant resources: the case on Changbai Mountain". International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology. 18 (5): 404–411. Bibcode:2011IJSDW..18..404Q. doi:10.1080/13504509.2011.577196. S2CID 86248057.
- Quan, Jishy; Piao, Long; Xu, Huixian; Li, Tian; Yin, Xuezhe (2009). "Protective effect of iridoid glucosides from Boschniakia rossica on acute liver injury induced by carbon tetrachloride in rats". Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 73 (4): 849–854. doi:10.1271/bbb.80757. PMID 19352025.
- Wang, Zhenghui; Wu, Baojun; Zhang, Xianghong; Xu, Min; Chang, Huimin; Lu, Xiaoyun; Ren, Xiaoyong. "Purification of a polysaccharide from Boschniakia rossica and its synergistic antitumor effect combined with 5-Fluorouracil". Carbohydrate Polymers. 212: 31–35.
- Wolfe, Andrea D; Randle, Christopher P; Liu, Liang; Steiner, Kim E (2005). "Phylogeny and Biogeography of Orobanchaceae". Folia Geobotanica. 40 (2–3): 115–134. Bibcode:2005FolGe..40..115W. doi:10.1007/bf02803229. S2CID 10759421.
- Yin, Zong Zhu; Jin, Hai Ling; Yin, Xue Zhe; Li, Tian Zhu; Quan, Ji Shu; Jin, Zeng Nan (2000). "Effect of Boschniakia rossica on expression of GST_P, p52 and p21ras proteins in early stage of chemical hepatocarcinogenesis and its anti-inflammatory activities in rats". World Journal of Gastroenterology. 6 (6): 812–818. doi:10.3748/wjg.v6.i6.812. PMC 4728267. PMID 11819701.
- Zhang, Zhi-Yun; Tzvelev, Nikolai N. (1998). "Orobanchaceae". Flora of China. Vol. v.18. p. 239. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
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