Authors
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Marian C. Munro
Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS
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Ruth E. Newell
E. C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
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Nicholas M. Hill
Fernhill Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Keywords:
Magnoliophyte, mistletoe family, dicots, Arceuthobium, mistletoe, parasitic plants
Abstract
Primarily tropical, there are 350 species worldwide but Nova Scotia hosts a single species. All are parasitic, with reduced opposite leaves, and unisexual flowers. Staminate perianth is five-lobed, while the pistillate perianth is bilobed, although the ovary may have 3–4 carpels. Fruit is a shiny berry containing a single seed. Sean Blaney provided photo use.
Author Biographies
Marian C. Munro, Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS
Curator of Botany (NSPM)
Ruth E. Newell, E. C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Curator of the E. C. Smith Herbarium (ACAD)
Nicholas M. Hill, Fernhill Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Director; Adjunct Professor.
