Arceuthobium oxycedri
| Juniper dwarf mistletoe | |
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| Arceuthobium oxycedri | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Santalaceae |
| Genus: | Arceuthobium |
| Species: | A. oxycedri |
| Binomial name | |
| Arceuthobium oxycedri (DC.) M.Bieb. | |
Arceuthobium oxycedri, juniper dwarf mistletoe, is a hemiparasite of the Santalaceae family. It parasitizes members of the Juniperus genus, especially Juniperus oxycedrus and Juniperus communis.[2]
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.[3]
Taxonomy
Arceuthobium oxycedri was described by Friedrich August von Marschall Bieberstein and published in Flora Tauric-Caucasica 3: 629, in 1819.[4]
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.[5]
References
- ↑ Participants of the FFI; IUCN SSC Central Asian regional tree Red Listing workshop, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (11–13 July 2006) (2007). "'Arceuthobium oxycedri'". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2007. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
- ↑ "Arceuthobium oxycedri (DC.) M. Bieb.". Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental (in Spanish). Àrea de botànica, departament de biologia, universitat de les illes balears. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ↑ Ciesla, W. M.; Geils, B.W.; Adams, R.P. (September 2001). Hosts and Geographic Distribution of Arceuthobium oxycedri. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
- ↑ "Arceuthobium oxycedri (DC.) M. Bieb.". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ↑ "Arceuthobium oxycedri (DC.) M.Bieb.". theplantlist.org. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
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