Mechanismmodel-written summary

P. sonorae small size and fleshy leaves are interpreted as dry ecosystem adaptations.

A claim from Phylogenetic position of Neotropical Bursera -specialist mistletoes: the evolution of deciduousness and succulent leaves in Psittacanthus (Loranthaceae) · 2018

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Claim · model-written summary

P. sonorae small size and fleshy leaves are interpreted as dry ecosystem adaptations.

Outcome
small size, fleshy leavese0
Qualifier
adaptations to dry ecosystemse0

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Psittacanthus sonorae
Psittacanthus sonorae · TaxonDick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The seasonal deciduousness of P. palmeri (including P. nudus ) and morphology of P. sonorae (small size, fleshy leaves) are clearly adaptations to dry ecosystems”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1488–1649

Title

Phylogenetic position of Neotropical Bursera -specialist mistletoes: the evolution of deciduousness and succulent leaves in Psittacanthus (Loranthaceae)

Andrés Ernesto Ortiz-Rodriguez; Eydi Yanina Guerrero; Juan Francisco Ornelas Botanical Sciences 2018. doi:10.17129/botsci.1961

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