Range and Elevational Shifts of Mistletoes Under Future Climate Change Scenarios. [PDF]
Ecol EvolMistletoes are particularly vulnerable to climate change because of their obligate dependence on host plants. We investigated how climate change will alter the distribution of suitable habitat of Mesoamerican Psittacanthus mistletoes. Species differences were found in distribution with northward and upward shifts accompanied by significant range size ...
Vásquez-Aguilar AA +4 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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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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Dwarf Mistletoes (Arceuthobium, Viscaceae) of North America: Classification Systems, Phylogenetic Relationships, and Taxonomic Characteristics [PDF]
PlantsArceuthobium—the dwarf mistletoes—is a clearly defined genus of hemi-parasitic plants in the family Viscaceae. The genus occurs throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere; however, the greatest concentration of species and subspecies occurs within ...
Shawn C. Kenaley, Robert L. Mathiasen
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The best of two worlds: ecology and evolution of ambophilous plants
Biological Reviews, Volume 98, Issue 2, Page 391-420, April 2023., 2023 ABSTRACT Ambophily, the mixed mode of wind and insect pollination is still poorly understood, even though it has been known to science for over 130 years. While its presence has been repeatedly inferred, experimental data remain regrettably rare. No specific suite of morphological or ecological characteristics has yet been identified for ambophilous ...
Stefan Abrahamczyk +2 more
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Biological Flora of Britain and Ireland: Viscum album
Journal of Ecology, Volume 111, Issue 3, Page 701-739, March 2023., 2023 Mistletoe is a charismatic parasite of tree crowns with a long history of folklore and connections with Christmas celebrations. This, and its need for light, helps explain why it is most common in human‐made habitats across Europe. Once thought to benignly take just water and nutrients from its host it is now known to take carbon as well which can lead
Peter A. Thomas +5 more
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Neglected plant parasites: Mitrastemonaceae
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 5, Issue 1, Page 5-13, January 2023., 2023 Mitrastemonaceae are a remarkable family of parasitic flowering plants. The two species that make up this family have a disjunct distribution and a peculiar appearance. Both are devoid of roots, stems, and regular leaves and live inside the roots of their host plants for most of their life cycle.
Luiza Teixeira‐Costa, Kenji Suetsugu
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Consuming and consumed: Biotic interactions of African mistletoes across different trophic levels
Biotropica, Volume 54, Issue 4, Page 1103-1119, July 2022., 2022 Mistletoes, as perennial hemiparasitic angiosperms that parasitize woody plants, are an important component of the African flora, yet little is known about the composition and function of the organismal communities associated with these plants in Africa.
Yuliya Krasylenko +6 more
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