Claim · model-written summary
Parasitic hosts of mistletoes are primarily Loranthaceae.
- Taxon
- mistletoes (Santalales)Santalalest0
- Interactor
- LoranthaceaeLoranthaceaee1host
- Outcome
- primarily recruited from Loranthaceaee1
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValueQualifier
Verbatim
t0“mistletoes (Santalales)”
e1“Parasitic hosts are primarily recruited from Loranthaceae”
Title
Carol A. Wilson; Clyde L. Calvin Botany 2016. doi:10.1139/cjb-2016-0264
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Observation Most epiparasites are members of Viscaceae.
- Observation Twenty-seven species are considered likely to be obligate epiparasites.
- Association Species abundance may influence whether mistletoes serve as hosts to other mistletoes.
- Observation No epiparasitism was reported in Misodendraceae.
- Observation Santalaceae had only a few reports of epiparasitism.
- Observation All Phacellaria species are obligate epiparasites, mainly on Loranthaceae.
- Observation Epiparasitism occurs worldwide and is most common in the tropics and subtropics.
- Observation Reports of epiparasitism are greatest in Oceania and smallest in Africa.
- Observation Loranthaceae and Viscaceae comprise about 97% of mistletoe species.
- Observation Epiparasitism contributes to species and structural diversity in forest ecosystems across the globe.