Misodendraceae J. Agardh.

Family Description

Distribution Map


List of Genera

Photographs

Misodendrum angulatum

• Photo. Habit of plant, parasitic on Nothofagus dombeyii, near Llao Llao hotel, Bariloche, Argentina. March 2003. Photo by G. Amico.
• Photo. Close-up of shoots. Parasitic on Nothofagus dombeyii, near Llao Llao hotel, Bariloche, Argentina. March 2003. Photo by G. Amico.
• Photo. Male plant on host, Nothofagus dombeyii. Puyehue National Park, Chile. Photo by G. Glatzel.
• Photo. Male flowers. Puyehue National Park, Chile. Photo by G. Glatzel.
• Photo. Close-up of female inflorescence. Bariloche, Argentina. Photo by G. Glatzel.

Misodendrum brachystachyum

• Close-up of shoots and habit of fruiting stems. Termas de Chillan, Chile. January 1984. Photo by Job Kuijt.
• Photo. Habit of mistletoe on a rare host Sorothamus , Bariloche, Argentina. March 2003. Photo by G. Amico.
• Photo. Close-up of fruits on mother plant. Bariloche, Argentina. March 2003. Photo by G. Amico.
• Photo. Haustorial connection. Bariloche, Argentina. Photo by G. Glatzel.
• Photo. Female plant. Bariloche, Argentina. Photo by G. Glatzel.
• Photo. Close-up of young female flowers. Bariloche, Argentina. Photo by G. Glatzel.
• Habit of female plant in fruit and close-up of female plant in fruit. Chubut Stop 6-Lago Menendez, Argentina. Photo by L. M. Kelly, 2004. Archived on PlantSystematics.org.

Misodendrum gayanum

• Photo. Parasitic on Nothofagus betuloides. Chile. Photo by F. H. Tainter.
• Photo. Habit of mistletoe parasitic on Nothofagus dombeyii, a southern hemisphere beech. Chile. Photo by Delbert Wiens.
• Photo. Another view of the above mistletoe. Photo by Delbert Wiens.

Misodendrum linearifolium

• Photo. Plant parasitic on host tree trunk. Challhuaco forest, Nahuel Huapi National Park, Bariloche, Argentina. Photo by G. Amico.
• Photo. Fruiting plant. Chile. Photo by G. Amico.
• Photo. Close-up of fruiting plant showing staminodial filaments. Chile. Photo by G. Amico.
• Photo. Habit of plant on host, Nothofagus dombeyii.. Photo by G. Glatzel.
• Photo. Mistletoe on host plant, Nothofagus pumilio. Site 12-km121, Argentina. Photo by Kevin Nixon, 2004.Archived on PlantSystematics.org.

Misodendrum oblongifolium

• Photo. Plant in vegetative condition. Nahuelbuta National Park, Chile, January 2002. Photo by G. Amico.
• Photo. parasitic on Nothofagus antarctica. Habit of mistletoe with dense clusters of fruits showing the beautiful plumose staminodial filaments. Andean foothills east of Chillan, Chile (ca. 80 km northeast of Concepcion). Photo by John W. Reynolds.
• Photo. Same as above, closer view. Photo by John W. Reynolds.
• Photo. Same as above, close-up of filaments. Photo by John W. Reynolds.

Misodendrum punctulatum

• Photo on Nothofagus antarctica . Lago Guillelmo, Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi. Photo by R. Vidal Russell.
• Photo on Nothofagus antarctica. Lago Guillelmo, Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi. Photo by R. Vidal Russell.
• Photo. Mistletoes and Usnea in a Nothofagus forest - beautiful! Nahuelbuta National Park, Chile, 2004. Photo by G. Glatzel.
• Photo. Another beautiful photograph of mistletoes in a southern beech forest. Bariloche, Argentina. Photo by G. Glatzel.
• Photo. Enchanting photo of the mistletoe with Usnea lichens. Tierra del Fuego National Park. Photo by Niall Corbet. Link goes to Flickr.
• Photo. Parasitic on Nothofagus antarctica. Ushuaia, Argentina. Ia 634. 1996. Photo by Job Kuijt.
• Photo. Flowering plant. Challhuaco forest, Nahuel Huapi National Park, Bariloche, Argentina. Photo by G. Amico.
• Photo. Host trees with many mistletoes. Challhuaco forest, Nahuel Huapi National Park, Bariloche, Argentina. Photo by G. Amico.
• Photo. Lago Guillelmo, Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi. Parasitic on Nothofagus antarctica. Photo by R. Vidal Russell.
• Photo. Close-up of flowering plant. Challhuaco forest, Nahuel Huapi National Park, Bariloche, Argentina. Photo by G. Amico.
• Photo. Mistletoe in winter condition. Challhuaco forest, Nahuel Huapi National Park, Bariloche, Argentina. Photo by G. Amico.
• Photo. Habit of mistletoe on host branch. Nahuelbuta National Park, Chile, 2004. Photo by G. Glatzel.
• Photo. Mistletoe and Usnea lichen on host branch. Nahuelbuta National Park, Chile, 2004. Photo by G. Glatzel.
• Photo. Habit photo of mistletoe in full flower. Nahuelbuta National Park, Chile, 2004. Photo by G. Glatzel.
• Photo. Habit photo of female plant. Nahuelbuta National Park, Chile, 2004. Photo by G. Glatzel.
• Photo. Close-up of female flowers. Nahuelbuta National Park, Chile, 2004. Photo by G. Glatzel.
• Photo. Female inflorescence.  Challhuaco forest, Nahuel Huapi National Park, Bariloche, Argentina. Photo by R. Vidal Russell.
• Photo. Close-up of two female flowers.  Challhuaco forest, Nahuel Huapi National Park, Bariloche, Argentina. Photo by R. Vidal Russell.
• Photo. Close-up of a male flower consisting of just two stamens and a subtending bract.  Challhuaco forest, Nahuel Huapi National Park, Bariloche, Argentina. Photo by R. Vidal Russell.
• Photo. Male inflorescence. Nahuelbuta National Park, Chile, 2004. Photo by G. Glatzel.
• Photo. Female plant with fruits. Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia, Argentina. Photo by Arthur Chapman. Link goes to Flickr.
• Photo. Female plant on Nothofagus antarctica. Argentina. Photo by Kevin Nixon, 1994.
• Photo. Female plant with fruits on Nothofagus antarctica. Argentina. Photo by Kevin Nixon, 1994.Archived on PlantSystematics.org.
• Photo. Plant with fruits. Nahuelbuta National Park Chile. Photo by G. Amico.
• Photo. Close-up of fruit showing three plumose staminodes. Argentina. Photo by Kevin Nixon, 1994. Archived on PlantSystematics.org.

Misodendrum quadriflorum

• Photo. Haustorial connection. Near Bariloche, Argentina. Photo by G. Glatzel.
• Photo. Habit of male plant on host branch. Near Bariloche, Argentina. Photo by G. Glatzel.
• Photo. Close-up of male inflorescenceNear Bariloche, Argentina. Photo by G. Glatzel.
• Photo. Close-up of young female (?) inflorescence. Near Bariloche, Argentina. Photo by G. Glatzel.

Phylogeny

The position of the family within Santalales has been discussed by Nickrent, D. L., and V. Malécot (2001), a web version of which can be viewed HERE.  

A detailed molecular phylogeny of the species within the genus has been published (Vidal-Russell and Nickrent, 2008) and the pdf file can be viewed HERE.

References