Loranthus

Loranthus europaeus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Santalales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Santalales

Familia: Loranthaceae
Tribus: Lorantheae
Subtribus: Loranthinae
Genus: Loranthus
Species: L. delavayi – L. europaeus – L. grewingkii – L. guizhouensis – L. kaoi – L. pseudo-odoratus – L. tanakae

Name

Loranthus Jacq. Enum. Stirp. Vindob. 55 (230). (1762)

• Type species: Loranthus europaeus Jacq., Enum. Stirp. Vindob. 55. (1762)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Hyphear Danser in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 10: 319 (1929)

Homonyms

• Loranthus L. = Psittacanthus Mart. Flora 13(1): 106–107. 1830.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Eurasia Afghanistan, Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Korea, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Myanmar, Romania, Sicilia, Taiwan, Tibet, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Vietnam, Yugoslavia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Jacquin, N. von. 1762. Enumeratio stirpium plerarumque, quae sponte crescunt in agro Vindobonensi, montibusque confinibus. J. P. Kraus, Vindobonae [Vienna]. BHL Reference page.  p. 55, p. 230, Tab III.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Loranthus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Nov. 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Loranthus. Published online. Accessed: Jan 2018.
• 3 Loranthus – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• Tropicos.org 2018. Loranthus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 January 2018.
• Loranthus in: Australian Plant Census (APC) 2018. IBIS database, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Accessed: 2018 Jan 22.

Vernacular names

English: Mistletoes

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