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Misodendrum

{{Short description|Genus of mistletoes}}

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|image = Misodendrum punctulatum.jpg

|image_caption = Misodendrum punctulatum on Nothofagus antarctica

|parent_authority = J.Agardh

|taxon = Misodendrum

|authority = Banks ex DC.

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = See text

|synonyms =

  • Misodendron G.Don, orth. var.
  • Myzodendron R.Br., orth. var.

|synonyms_ref =

}}

File:Flora Antarctica Plate CII.jpg

Misodendrum is a genus of hemiparasites which grow as mistletoes on various species of Nothofagus. Its species are all restricted to South America. The name of the genus is incorrectly spelt in a number of ways, including Misodendron and Myzodendron.

Misodendrum is placed in its own family, Misodendraceae, in the order Santalales.

These plants have the common name of feathery mistletoes.

Species

{{As of|2015|May}}, The Plant List accepts the following species:{{cite web |title=Misodendrum|work=The Plant List |url=http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Misodendraceae/Misodendrum |accessdate=2015-05-01 }}

See also

References

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{{Cite journal |last=Angiosperm Phylogeny Group |year=2009 |title=An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=105–121 |url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.t01-1-00158.x/pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2013-07-06 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x |doi-access=free |hdl=10654/18083 |hdl-access=free }}

{{cite web |title=Genera of Misodendraceae |work=GRIN Taxonomy for Plants |publisher=USDA |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/gnlist.pl?724 |accessdate=2015-05-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041118061242/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/gnlist.pl?724 |archivedate=2004-11-18 }}

{{cite book |publisher=Firefly Books |first1=Vernon H. |last1=Heywood |authorlink1=Vernon Heywood |first2=R.K. |last2=Brummitt |first3=Alastair |last3=Culham |first4=Ole |last4=Seberg |title=Flowering Plant Families of the World |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-55407-206-4 |pages=215}}

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External links

  • [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/misodend.htm Misodendraceae] in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). [https://web.archive.org/web/20070103200438/http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ The families of flowering plants]
  • [https://parasiticplants.siu.edu/Misodendraceae/index.html Misodendraceae at Parasitic plants]

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Category:Santalales

Category:Flora of Southern America

Category:Santalales genera

Category:Taxa named by Joseph Banks

Category:Taxa named by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle

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