Misodendrum

Misodendrum
Misodendrum punctulatum on Nothofagus antarctica
Systematics
Class : Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida) Eudicotyledons Nuclear eudicotyledons Order : Sandalwoods (Santalales) Family : Misodendraceae Genre : Misodendrum
Scientific name of the  family
Misodendraceae
JGAgardh
Scientific name of the  genus
Misodendrum
Banks ex DC.

Misodendrum (a different spelling was previously possible: Misodendron G.Don orth var or.. Myzodendron R. Br. Orth var..) Is the only genus of monotypic family of Misodendraceae J. Agardh (formerly also different spelling: Myzodendraceae).

Occurrence

The homeland of the misodendrum species is limited to southern South America. There they thrive in the cool, temperate climate.

description

Misodendrum species are parent parasites of Nothofagus species, more precisely hemiparasites . The alternate, simple leaves are reduced in some species; in some species the leaves of flowering branches are quite different from those of non-flowering branches.

The plants are dioecious separately sexed ( diocesan ). The kitten-like inflorescences are compound panicles or spikes . The male flowers have no bracts and only a circle of stamens with two or three free stamens. The female flowers have three bloom and they are the three carpels to a partially permanent ovary grown. They form nut-like fruits with three long appendages (they are feathery staminodes ) that are spread by the wind.

Misodendrum angulatum on Nothofagus antarctica in Chile

Systematics

In the past twelve species belonged to the genus Misodendron , today there are only eight species. The genus is divided into two sub-genres and a total of five sections:

• Subgenus Misodendrum : With two sections:
  • Section Heterophyllum :
    • Misodendrum angulatum Phil.
    • Misodendrum macrolepis Phil.
  • Section Misodendrum :
    • Misodendrum gayanum Tiegh.
    • Misodendrum punctulatum Banks ex DC.

• Subgenus Angelopogon (Tiegh.) Rossow : With three sections:
  • Angelopogon section :
    • Misodendrum linearifolium DC.
  • Archiphyllum Section :
    • Misodendrum brachystachyum DC.
    • Misodendrum oblongifolium DC.
  • Section Telophyllum :
    • Misodendrum quadriflorum DC.

use

The plants are used for external application by rubbing in for muscle pain.

swell

• The the Misodendraceae with the family APWebsite (Engl.)
• Description of the Misodendraceae family at DELTA by L. Watson & MJ Dallwitz. (engl.)
• The family on the parasite website. (engl.)
• Romina Vidal-Russell & Daniel L. Nickrent: A Molecular Phylogeny of the Feathery Mistletoe Misodendrum , in Systematic Botany , 2007, 32 (3): pp. 560-568: Online. (PDF; 399 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Romina Vidal-Russell & Daniel L. Nickrent: A Molecular Phylogeny of the Feathery Mistletoe Misodendrum , in Systematic Botany , 2007, 32 (3): pp. 560-568: Online. ( Memento of the original from June 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 399 kB) 

Web links

Commons : Misodendrum  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Types at Plants for a Future. (engl.)
• The family at GRIN.