Bakerella
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Bakerella is genus of sixteen showy mistletoe
species in Madagascar
and the Mascarenes
. The genus was described by the Belgian botanist Simone Balle in Flora de Madagascar, 1964. In some parts of Madagascar they are an important food source for lemurs.
Loranthaceae
Loranthaceae is a family of flowering plants, which has been universally recognized by taxonomists. It consists of about 75 genera and 1,000 species of woody plants, many of them hemi-parasites, all of them except three having the mistletoe habit...
species in Madagascar
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
and the Mascarenes
Mascarene Islands
The Mascarene Islands is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar comprising Mauritius, Réunion, Rodrigues, Cargados Carajos shoals, plus the former islands of the Saya de Malha, Nazareth and Soudan banks...
. The genus was described by the Belgian botanist Simone Balle in Flora de Madagascar, 1964. In some parts of Madagascar they are an important food source for lemurs.