Arceuthobium oxycedri

Juniper dwarf mistletoe
Arceuthobium oxycedri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Order:Santalales
Family:Santalaceae
Genus:Arceuthobium
Species: A. oxycedri
Binomial name
Arceuthobium oxycedri

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

  1. ↑ Participants of the FFI/IUCN SSC Central Asian regional tree Red Listing workshop, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (11-13 July 2006) (2007). "Arceuthobium oxycedri". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2007: e.T63518A12685664. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63518A12685664.en. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "Arceuthobium oxycedri (DC.) M. Bieb". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "Arceuthobium oxycedri (DC.) M.Bieb". theplantlist.org. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
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