Bakerella (plant)

Bakerella
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Loranthaceae
Genus: Bakerella
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Bakerella is genus of sixteen showy mistletoe species in Madagascar and the Mascarenes. The genus was described in 1964 by the Belgian botanist Simone Balle in Flora de Madagascar.[1] In Madagascar, Bakerella can be an important food source for lemurs.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Balle, S. (1964) Adansonia, sér. 2, vol. 4
  2. ↑ Irwin, M.T. (2007). "Living in forest fragments reduces group cohesion in diademed sifakas (Propithecus diadema) in eastern Madagascar by reducing food patch size". American Journal of Primatology. 69 (4): 437. doi:10.1002/ajp.20360. Retrieved 12 May 2026.


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