LORANTHACEAE etc.. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group Tree for Flowering Plants magnoliids monocots.

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1 LORANTHACEAE etc.

2 Angiosperm Phylogeny Group Tree for Flowering Plants magnoliids monocots

3 Loranthaceae and Santalaceae are distinct families in the Santalales

4 The bastard toadflax (Comandra umbellata) of the Santalaceae is in Vermont.

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6 http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/images/loran789.gif

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9 Psittacanthus – its place in the forest

10 Psittacanthus - parasite on montane-forest oaks in Costa Rica

11 Psittacanthus schiedeanus seedling showing the numerous cotyledons. Photo by D. L. Nickrent. [DLN 3012] Struthanthus sp. Seedling wilson2006.pdf

12 [DLN 3012] Amylotheca dictyophleba Photographer: Ollerenshaw

13 Gaiadendron - a small tree that is parasitic on roots of Ericaceae

14 Mistletoes elsewhere in the Santalaceae are in the tribe Visceae Arceuthobium, Phoradendron, Dendrophthora, Korthasella Key characters: Monoecious stem parasites with brittle, jointed stems, tiny flowers, and two fused cotyledons

15 Phoradendron - the mistletoe genus familiar to most people in North America (in Europe it’s Viscum album)

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17 Korthalsella- a mistletoe with flat stems and no leaves from Hawaii. Mia Molvray, Paul J. Kores and Mark W. Chase, 1999 Genus distribution

18 Dendrophthora - an extremely reduced mistletoe from high montane Costa rica

19 Arceuthobium - the native mistletoe of the Northeast Explosive fruit dehiscence