Arceuthobium campylopodum subsp. blumeri

(A. Nelson) Nickrent

Phytoneuron 2012-51: 9. 2012.

Common names: Blumer's dwarf mistletoe
Basionym: Arceuthobium blumeri A. Nelson Bot. Gaz. 56: 65. 1913
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 431. Mentioned on page 429.
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Plants usually forming localized infections only, rarely forming witches brooms. Stems yellow, light green, or light tan, 6.5 (–18) cm; third internode 5–9.1 (–14) × 1–1.6 (–2) mm, dominant shoot 1–3 mm diam. at base. Staminate flowers 2.5–3 mm diam.; petals 3–4 (–6). Fruits 4 × 2.5 mm.


Phenology: Flowering Jul–Aug; fruiting Aug–Oct.
Habitat: Coniferous forests with southwestern white pine.
Elevation: 2100–3300 m.

Distribution

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Ariz., Mexico (Chihuahua), Mexico (Durango), Mexico (Nuevo León)

Discussion

Meiosis occurs in July, with fruits maturing 13 to 14 months after pollination.

In addition to Pinus strobiformis, P. ayacahuite in Mexico is a principal host for subsp. blumeri. In the flora area, this subspecies occurs only in the Huachuca Mountains, but it is more widely distributed in the Sierra Madre Occidental of Chihuahua and Durango and is disjunct in the Sierra Madre Oriental on Cerro Potosí in Nuevo León. The molecular phylogenetic study by D. L. Nickrent et al. (2004) showed subsp. blumeri to be sister to the other members of sect. Campylopoda. Given that Mexico is likely the center of origin for Arceuthobium (Nickrent and M. A. García 2009), it is likely that subsp. blumeri represents an early diverging member of this species.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Daniel L. Nickrent +
(A. Nelson) Nickrent +
Arceuthobium blumeri +
brown +, orange +, yellow +, olive green +  and yellowish green +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (?) +
scale-like +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (22 cm220 mm <br />0.22 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +  and 10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (?) +
Blumer's dwarf mistletoe +
spikelike +
Ariz. +, Mexico (Chihuahua) +, Mexico (Durango) +  and Mexico (Nuevo León) +
2100–3300 m. +
globose +  and pyriform +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (?) +
lenticular +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (?) +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (?) +
Coniferous forests with southwestern white pine. +
terminal +  and axillary +
bisexual +  and unisexual +
0.91 cm9.1 mm <br />0.0091 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br />) +
connate +
scale-like +
pinnate +  and entire +
articulated +
asymmetric +  and symmetric +
yellowish green +
connate +  and distinct +
deltate +  and triangular +
Flowering Jul–Aug +  and fruiting Aug–Oct. +
2[-3]-carpellate +
Phytoneuron +
mucilaginous +
0.33 cm3.3 mm <br />0.0033 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br /> (?) +
pyriform +  and ellipsoid +
0.23 cm2.3 mm <br />0.0023 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (?) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Illustrated +
3 +  and 4 +
6.5 cm65 mm <br />0.065 m <br /> (18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br />) +
light tan;light green;light tan;light green;yellow +
pendulous +  and erect +
fanlike +
6.5 cm65 mm <br />0.065 m <br /> (?) +
undifferentiated +
Razoumofskya campylopoda +
Arceuthobium campylopodum subsp. blumeri +
Arceuthobium campylopodum +
subspecies +
spikelike +
mucilaginous +
evergreen +  and perennial +