Study of Mistletoe in Joben Resort Forest Mount Rinjani Lombok

Authors : Wahyuni Dwi Fikriani; Evy Aryanti; Tri Mulyaningsih
article cite 0 Year 2017
source: Biosaintifika Journal of Biology & Biology Education
Abstract

<p>Mistletoes are one group of hemiparasite plants, including the Lorantaceae family that have potential as medicinal. These hemiparasite plants can attack closed seed plants (Pinophyta) and open seed plants (Magnoliophyta), especially on the main stems, branches and twigs. The objective of this research aims to identify the species of mistletoe and its hosts, to make identification key, descriptions, and to make a distribution map of mistletoe in Joben Resort forest south of Mount Rinjani Lombok. This study is descriptive explorative research which is three kinds of collecting samples methods i.e exploration, continous strip sampling, and delenation method. The reseacrh found five species of mistletoes are included in three genera i.e <em>Amyema cuernosensis</em>, <em>Amyema enneantha, Amyema tristis,</em><em> </em><em>Macrosolen resutus</em> and <em>Scurrula artropurpurea</em>. These five kinds of mistletoe are associated with 23 hosts species of plants, 18 genera from 13 families. The most favorite host of these mistletoes is <em>Ficus septica</em>, and the most agresive mistletoe is <em>Scurrula artropurpurea.</em><em> </em>The important finding of the research are finding new species or new record of mistletoes. The benefit of these new record or new species are providing new material of new medicinal for treating some diseases such as various cancers.</p>


Concepts :
Plant and animal studies
Plant Parasitism and Resistance
Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
article cite 0 Year 2017 source Biosaintifika Journal of Biology & Biology Education
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Life in Land
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