Santalales
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Kuijt, J. 1969. The Biology of Parasitic Flowering Plants. University of California Press, Berkeley.
Nickrent, D. L., R. J. Duff, A. E. Colwell, A. D. Wolfe, N. D. Young, K. E. Steiner, and C. W. dePamphilis. 1998. Molecular phylogenetic and evolutionary studies of parasitic plants. Pages 211-241 in: Molecular Systematics of Plants II. DNA Sequencing. D. E. Soltis, P. S. Soltis, and J. J. Doyle, eds. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, MA.
Nickrent, D. L. and C. R. Franchina. 1990. Phylogenetic relationships of the Santalales and relatives. Journal of Molecular Evolution 31:294-301.
Savolainen, V., M. W. Chase, S. B. Hoot, C. M. Morton, D. E. Soltis, C. Bayer, M. F. Fay, A. Y. De Bruijn, S. Sullivan, and Y. L. Qiu. 2000a. Phylogenetics of flowering plants based on combined analysis of plastid atpB and rbcL gene sequences. Systematic Biology 49:306-362.
Savolainen, V., M. F. Fay, D. C. Albach, A. Backlund, M. van der Bank, K. M. Cameron, S. A. Johnson, M. D. Lledó, J.-C. Pintaud, M. Powell, M. C. Sheahan, D. E. Soltis, P. S. Soltis, P. Weston, W. M. Whitten, K. J. Wurdack, and M. W. Chase. 2000b. Phylogeny of the eudicots: a nearly complete familial analysis based on rbcl gene sequences. Kew Bulletin 55:257-309.
Soltis, D. E., P. S. Soltis, M. W. Chase, M. E. Mort, D. C. Albach, M. Zanis, V. Savolainen, W. H. Hahn, S. B. Hoot, M. F. Fay, M. Axtell, S. M. Swensen, L. M. Prince, W. J. Kress, K. C. Nixon, and J. S. Farris. 2000. Angiosperm phylogeny inferred from 18S rDNA, rbcL, and atpB sequences. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 133:381-461.
Information on the Internet
- Parasitic Plants of Santalales Dumort. The Parasitic Plant Connection. Daniel L. Nickrent, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
- A molecular phylogeny of Santalales. Daniel L. Nickrent and Valéry Malécot.
- The Mistletoe Center. USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Comandra umbellata |
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| Location | just downstream from the old swimming pool in La Cueva wash, west side of the Organ Mountains, southern New Mexico, USA |
| Comments | Additional images. |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Comandra umbellata |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
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| Copyright | © 2007 Patrick Alexander |
| Scientific Name | Viscum album |
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| Location | Germany |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Mistletoe Weißbeerige Mistel Viscum album 090309 039 |
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| Copyright | © 2009 Jürgen Mangelsdorf |
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