CLADOCOLEA OLIGANTHA (LORANTHACEAE) UN NUEVO REGISTRO PARA VERACRUZ, MÉXICO, Y DATOS GENERALES SOBRE ESTE TAXÓN

Abstract

Cladocolea oligantha is first recorded for
the Veracruz State (eastern-central Mexico),
as a 500 km disyunction, perhaps resulting
from recent long distance dispersal by
frugivorous birds. This hemiparasitic
mistletoe seems to prefer trees of Bursera
spp. in tropical dry forests. Thus, is abundant
and frequent in drier western Mexico and
extremely rare in moist eastern Mexico.