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Cryptic mimicry is observed in animals as well as plants. In animals, this may involve nocturnality, camouflage, subterranean lifestyle, and mimicry. Generally, plant herbivores are visually oriented.[1][2] So a mimicking plant should strongly resemble its host; this can be done through visual and/or textural change. Previous criteria for mimicry include similarity of leaf dimensions, leaf presentation, and intermodal distances between the host and mimicking plant.
Australian mistletoe and Boquila trifoliolata are well known examples of this mimicry. Researchers hypothesize that crypsis is used to reduce the likelihood of vertebrate herbivory[1][2][3][4][5] and thus improve the survivability and fitness of the mimicking plant.
^ abBarlow, B.A.; Wiens, D (1977). "Host-parasite resemblance in Australian mistletoes: the case for cryptic mimicry". Evolution. 31 (1): 69–84. doi:10.2307/2407546. JSTOR 2407546. PMID 28567737.
^ abGianoli, E.; Carrasco-Urra, F. (2014). "Leaf Mimicry in a Climbing Plant Protects against Herbivory". Current Biology. 24 (9): 984–7. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.010. PMID 24768053. S2CID 5036437.}
^Heil, M.; Karban, R. (2010). "Explaining evolution of plant communication by airborne signals". Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 25 (3): 137–144. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2009.09.010. PMID 19837476.
^Ehleringer, J.R. (1986). "Mistletoes: a hypothesis concerning morphological and chemical avoidance of herbivory". Oecologia. 70 (2): 234–237. Bibcode:1986Oecol..70..234E. doi:10.1007/BF00379245. PMID 28311663. S2CID 26171932.
^Pearse, I.S.; Karban, R. (2013). "Do plant-plant signals mediate herbivory consistently in multiple taxa and ecological contexts?". Journal of Plant Interactions. 8 (3): 203–206. doi:10.1080/17429145.2013.765511. S2CID 84101202.
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