Two new species of Dendrophthora (Viscaceae) from the Venezuelan Andes [PDF]
PhytoKeys, 2020 Two new species of Dendrophthora Eichler (Viscaceae) from northwestern Venezuela are described and illustrated. Both mistletoes, D. apiculata Canelón et al., sp. nov. and D. coronata Canelón et al., sp.
Daniela S. Canelón +3 more
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The genome sequence of the European mistletoe, Viscum album L. (Santalales: Viscaceae) [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] [PDF]
Wellcome Open ResearchWe present a genome assembly from a female specimen of Viscum album (European mistletoe; Streptophyta; Magnoliopsida; Santalales; Viscaceae). The genome sequence has a total length of 94 261.04 megabases.
David Bell +9 more
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Mitochondrial genome evolution in parasitic plants [PDF]
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2019 Background Parasitic plants rely on their host to cover their nutritional requirements either for their entire life or a smaller part of it. Depending on the level of parasitism, a proportional reduction on the plastid genome has been found.
Athanasios Zervas +2 more
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Revista Peruana de Biología, 2013 La familia Viscaceae es reconocida en el Perú por presentar dos géneros y 69 especies (Brako & Zarucchi, 1993; Ulloa Ulloa et al., 2004), todos arbustos parásitos.
Blanca León
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Loranthaceae e Viscaceae no Bioma Cerrado [PDF]
Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2001 The aim of this study to seek subsidies to define phytogeografic patterns in the Cerrado Biome of Brazil. The study was based on the botanic collections of the main herbaria from the Cerrado Biome. It consists of 2 chapters: l) Loranthaceae and Viscaceae synopsis representing the first studies of these families for the Cerrado Biome.
Maria Aglaene Barboza
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The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Viscum coloratum (Viscaceae), a semiparasitic medicinal plant [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019 Viscum coloratum (Viscaceae) is a kind of semiparasitic shrub used as medicinal plant. The complete chloroplast (cp) genome of V. coloratum was sequenced and characterized in this study.
Xueping Wei +5 more
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The Complete Plastomes of Five Hemiparasitic Plants (Osyris wightiana, Pyrularia edulis, Santalum album, Viscum liquidambaricolum, and V. ovalifolium): Comparative and Evolutionary Analyses Within Santalales [PDF]
Frontiers in Genetics, 2020 Most species of Santalales (the sandalwood order) are hemiparasites, including both facultative and obligate hemiparasites. Despite its rich diversity, only a small fraction of the species in the sandalwood order have sequenced plastomes.
Xiaorong Guo +8 more
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Phytonutrient Profiles of Mistletoe and Their Values and Potential Applications in Ethnopharmacology and Nutraceuticals: A Review [PDF]
MoleculesMistletoe species grow hemiparasitically on a wide spectrum of trees occurring in the tropical, subtropical and temperate zones. Mistletoe has been associated with fertility, vitality and fatality in humans.
Maeleletse G. Mopai +3 more
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Flora del Bajío y de regiones adyacentes (En línea), 2011 Familia de distribución cosmopolita de siete géneros y más de 400 especies, anteriormente tratada como parte de Loranthaceae. En tiempos más recientes, a su vez, se ha propuesto la ubicación de Viscaceae como parte de Santalaceae en sentido más amplio. Pendiente de la confirmación de la conveniencia de esta nueva disposición, se ha optado por conservar
Jerzy Rzedowski +1 more
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Isophasic parasitism in Phoradendron perredactum (Viscaceae)
Acta Botanica Mexicana, 2011 Se señala que el recién descrito Phoradendron perredactum Rzed. & Calderón exhibe un tipo avanzado de comportamiento del crecimiento (parasitismo isofásico) que también existe en otros tres grupos no relacionados de fanerógamas parásitas.
Job Kuijt
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