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Mitrastemonaceae
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Distribution Map

Drawings and Photographs
- Mitrastema matudae.
Chiapas. Photo by Dennis Breedlove.
- 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.
- Mitrastema yamamotoi. Plants just past flower. From the website of the Meeting of Miyakonojo valley plant lovers, color photo album and flora (Japan).
- Mitrastemon yamamotoi on roots of Shikoku (Okinawa shii). Photo taken 15 November 1987. From "Praising Flowers" website, Japan.
- Mitrastemon yamamotoi. Tokushima prefecture Kaifu Gun. Photo taken 26 November 1989. From "Praising Flowers" website, Japan.
- Mitrastema yamamotoi
var. kanehirai. Habit of plant at Lien-hua-Chih, Taiwan.
Photo taken Nov. 11, 1995 by Shu-Chuan Hsiao.
- Mitrastema yamamotoi
var. kawasasakii. Close-up of plant at Chitou, Taiwan.
Photo taken Mar. 15, 1995 by Shu-Chuan Hsiao.
- 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).
SIUC / College of Science / Parasitic Plant
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URL: http://www.parasiticplants.siu.edu/Mitrastemonaceae/index.html
Last updated: 22-May-06 / dln