Parasitic Plants and Their Hosts in Pucak Botanic Garden Maros South Sulawesi Province

Solikin

2018

Abstract

Parasitic plants live by adhering, absorbing water, minerals and food to host plants. The objective of this research was to determine the diversity of parasitic plants and their hosts in Pucak Botanic Garden ,Maros Regency, South Sulawesi Province. The research was conducted in April 2016 using exploration method in the gardens. The parasitic plants and their hosts were inventoried and observed by purposive sampling method along tracks during exploration. There were three species of the parasitic plants were found in the garden namely Scurrula ferruginea (Jack) Dans., Viscum ovalifolium Wall. Ex DC, and Amylotheca dictyopleba (F.Muell.) Tiegh. The most dominant parasitic plant was Scurrula ferruginea, whereas the least dominant was V. ovalifolium. There were 4 species, from 4 genera and 4 families of host plants in Pucak Botanic Garden. There should be a space before of 12-point and after of 30-point

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Solikin. (2018). Parasitic Plants and Their Hosts in Pucak Botanic Garden Maros South Sulawesi Province.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI, ISBN 978-989-758-458-9, pages 714-719. DOI: 10.5220/0009915107140719

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icri18,
author={Solikin},
title={Parasitic Plants and Their Hosts in Pucak Botanic Garden Maros South Sulawesi Province},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,},
year={2018},
pages={714-719},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009915107140719},
isbn={978-989-758-458-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,
TI - Parasitic Plants and Their Hosts in Pucak Botanic Garden Maros South Sulawesi Province
SN - 978-989-758-458-9
AU - Solikin.
PY - 2018
SP - 714
EP - 719
DO - 10.5220/0009915107140719