Host specificity and aggregation for a widespread mistletoe in Campo Rupestre vegetation

• Published in: Flora. Morphologie, Geobotanik, Oekophysiologie Vol. 238; pp. 148 - 154
• Main Authors: Guerra, Tadeu J., Pizo, Marco A., Silva, Wesley R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier GmbH 01.01.2018
• Subjects: Brazil; Distribution; ecosystems; grasslands; host range; host specificity; hosts; Loranthaceae; Miconia; Myrtales; parasitic plants; parasitism; Psittacanthus robustus; Qualea cordata; Rocky outcrops; shrubs; trees; Vochysia thyrsoidea; Brazil; Myrtales; Psittacanthus robustus; Loranthaceae; Distribution; Rocky outcrops

•Psittacanthus robustus is an widespread parasitic plant in campo rupestre vegetation.•Distribution pattern was highly aggregated at host tree and vegetation scales.•Usually infects the taller trees, preferentially Qualea cordata.•Mistletoe presented host specificity within Myrtales clade, specially...