Table 1 Parasitic plant families represented in Nepal. See Additional file 1 for species-level profiles and Additional file 3 for species range maps

Amphorogynaceae

Dufrenoya

2

Balanophoraceae

Balanophora

3

Rhopalocnemis

1

Cervantesiaceae

Pyrularia

1

Convolvulaceae

Cuscuta

4

Loranthaceae

Dendrophthoe

2

Helixanthera

2

Loranthus

2

Macrosolen

1

Scurrula

4

Taxillus

2

Olaceae

Olax

1

Erythropalum

1

Opiliaceae

Cansjera

1

Lepionurus

1

Orobanchaceae

Aeginetia

2

Boschniakia

1

Buchnera

2

Centranthera

2

Euphrasia

7

Leptorhabdos

1

Orobanche

6

Pedicularis

71

Phtheirospermum

1

Striga

4

Santalaceae

Osyris

2

Thesium

2

Santalum

1

Schoepfiaceae

Schoepfia

1

Viscaceae

Viscum

5