Mitrastemonaceae

Family Description

Distribution Map

Mitrastemonaceae Distribution Map

List of Genera

Drawings and Photographs

  1. Mitrastema matudae. Chiapas. Photo by Dennis Breedlove.
  2. Mitrastema yamamotoi. Plants in full flower, showing circumscissile dehiscence of the androecial tube. Near Muroto-Shi, Kochi, Japan. Photograph by Michiyo Satou, published in "World of Plants" article by Mitsuru Hirota (Weekly Asahihyakka, Jan. 22, 1995). Used with permission.
  3. Mitrastema yamamotoi.  Plants just past flower. From the website of the Meeting of Miyakonojo valley plant lovers, color photo album and flora (Japan).
  4. Mitrastemon yamamotoi on roots of Shikoku (Okinawa shii). Photo taken 15 November 1987. From "Praising Flowers" website, Japan. 
  5. Mitrastemon yamamotoi. Tokushima prefecture Kaifu Gun. Photo taken 26 November 1989. From "Praising Flowers" website, Japan.
  6. Mitrastema yamamotoi var. kanehirai. Habit of plant at Lien-hua-Chih, Taiwan. Photo taken Nov. 11, 1995 by Shu-Chuan Hsiao.
  7. Mitrastema yamamotoi var. kawasasakii. Close-up of plant at Chitou, Taiwan. Photo taken Mar. 15, 1995 by Shu-Chuan Hsiao.
  8. Mitrastema yamamotoi. Drawing (from Makino 1911) by D. Nickrent. Emerging bud (right) and open flowers (left and middle), both in female phase.

Phylogeny

This family, with but a single genus Mitrastema, was shown to be related to Ericales by Barkman et al. (2004) using mitochondrial matR gene sequences. This result is confirmed using nuclear SSU rDNA and mitochondrial sequence data (Nickrent et al. 2004).

References

SIUC / College of Science / Parasitic Plant Connection / Mitrastemonaceae
URL: http://www.parasiticplants.siu.edu/Mitrastemonaceae/index.html
Last updated: 22-May-06 / dln