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Dendrophthora

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Genus of mistletoes

Dendrophthora
Dendrophthora costaricensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Santalaceae
Tribe: Visceae
Genus: Dendrophthora
Eichler
Species

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Synonyms

Distichella Tiegh.

Dendrophthora, the tree destroyers, is a genus of flowering plants in the sandalwood family Santalaceae, native to tropical and subtropical Latin America and the Caribbean. They are hemiparasitic mistletoes that grow on a wide variety of host plants.

Species

Currently accepted species include:

References

  1. C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 5(2): 102 (1868)
  2. ^ "Dendrophthora Juss". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  3. Canelón, Daniela S.; Niño, Santos M.; Dorr, Laurence J.; Caraballo-Ortiz, Marcos A. (2020). "Two new species of Dendrophthora (Viscaceae) from the Venezuelan Andes". PhytoKeys (140): 1–10. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.140.48865. PMC 7021731. PMID 32095101.
Taxon identifiers
Dendrophthora
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