Host specificity of a Brazilian mistletoe, Struthanthus aff. polyanthus (Loranthaceae), in cerrado tropical savanna

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-134

  Arruda, Rafael ^a,b   Carvalho, Lucélia Nobre ^a,b   Del Claro, Kleber ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerrado; Hemiparasitic plants; Host susceptible; Host parasite interaction; Plant architecture

Indexed keywords

CERRADO; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; SAVANNA;

KIELMEYERA CORIACEA; LORANTHACEAE; POUTERIA; STRUTHANTHUS; STYRACACEAE; STYRAX FERRUGINEUS; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 31144437911     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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