Arceuthobium oxycedri
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| Juniper dwarf mistletoe | |
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| Arceuthobium oxycedri | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Santalaceae |
| Genus: | Arceuthobium |
| Species: | A. oxycedri
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| Binomial name | |
| Arceuthobium 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.[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". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007. IUCN: e.T63518A12685664. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T63518A12685664.en. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 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.