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What is a mistletoe ?

      Haustorial structure

Dispersal and Germination

      Mistletoe bird and dispersal

      Dispersal range

      Exploding fruits

How did some mistletoes get to remote islands ?

      The special case of Korthalsella

Mistletoes as food plants for Butterflies

      Food plant examples for caterpillars feeding on mistletoes

Do mistletoes show cryptic mimicry of their hosts?

      Host specificity

      An evolutionary process?

      Palatibility and vegetative concealment from herbivores

      The bird search image hypothesis

      Nutrient metabolism

Epiparasitism - mistletoes on mistletoes

      Epiparasite nutrition

Mistletoes of Australia and the World: Evolutionary Origin

      Tree mistletoes in Loranthaceae

      Germination patterns in loranthaceous mistletoes

      Floral evolution: pollination mechanisms

      Floral evolution: embryology and fruit structure

Mistletoes and Southern Hemisphere Biogeography

      Loranth history in Australia

      Loranths of the Gondwanan element

      Loranths of the intrusive element

Mistletoes and bushfires

Evolution of Dioecy in Viscum

      Models for the origin of dioecy in Viscum

Taxonomy

Mistletoe in Folk Legend and Medicine

      The myth of Balder

 

Mistletoe Checklist showing host genera, with illustrations

 

FURTHER READING

      Mueller's essay on mistletoe 1877