Arceuthobium oxycedri
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{{Speciesbox
|name = Juniper dwarf mistletoe
|image = Arceuthobium_oxycedri_1.JPG
|image_caption = Arceuthobium oxycedri
|status = LC
|status_system = IUCN3.1
|status_ref = {{Cite journal | author = Participants of the FFI/IUCN SSC Central Asian regional tree Red Listing workshop, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (11-13 July 2006) | title = Arceuthobium oxycedri | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2007 | page = e.T63518A12685664 | publisher = IUCN | date = 2007 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/63518/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63518A12685664.en | access-date = 23 December 2017| doi-access = free }}
|genus = Arceuthobium
|species = oxycedri
}}
Arceuthobium oxycedri, juniper dwarf mistletoe, is a hemiparasite of the family Santalaceae. It parasitizes members of the genus Juniperus, especially Juniperus oxycedrus and Juniperus communis.{{cite web | url=http://herbarivirtual.uib.es/cas-med/especie/5960.html | title=Arceuthobium oxycedri (DC.) M. Bieb. | publisher=Àrea de botànica, departament de biologia, universitat de les illes balears | work=Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental | accessdate=24 August 2013 | language=Spanish}}
Description
The juniper mistletoe is small in size averaging between 2 and 15 cm. This dioecious plant has a very small stem and the leaves consist of small sheets with sessile flowers. It is distributed throughout much of Europe, Asia and parts of northern Africa.{{cite book | publisher=United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station |title= Hosts and Geographic Distribution of Arceuthobium oxycedri| author=Ciesla, W. M. | date=September 2001 | author2=Geils, B.W. | author3=Adams, R.P.}}
Taxonomy
Arceuthobium oxycedri was described by Friedrich August von Marschall Bieberstein and published in Flora Tauric-Caucasica 3: 629, in 1819.{{cite web | url=http://www.tropicos.org/NamePage.aspx?nameid=19101149&langid=10 | title=Arceuthobium oxycedri (DC.) M. Bieb. | publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden. | work=Tropicos.org | accessdate=24 August 2013}}
Synonyms
- Arceuthobium juniperi Bubani
- Razoumofskya oxycedri ( DC. ) FWSchultz ex Nyman
- Caucasica Razoumowskia sloth. former M.Bieb.
- Razoumowskia oxycedri (DC.) FWSchultz
- Viscum caucasicum Steud.
- Viscum oxycedri DC.{{cite web | url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2646832 | title=Arceuthobium oxycedri (DC.) M.Bieb. | publisher=theplantlist.org | accessdate=24 August 2013}}
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