🌿 Family

Loranthaceae

38 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Santalales › Loranthaceae

Psittacanthus schiedeanus (Cham. & Schltdl.) G.Don

Psittacanthus schiedeanus is a hemiparasitic mistletoe known for having seeds with up to twelve cotyledons, more than any other dicot.

Psittacanthus robustus (Mart.) Mart.

Psittacanthus robustus is a hemiparasitic mistletoe found across multiple regions and biomes of northern South America.

Desmaria mutabilis (Poepp. & Endl.) Tiegh.

Desmaria mutabilis is the only species of the monotypic flowering plant genus Desmaria in family Loranthaceae, native to Chile.

Tristerix verticillatus (Ruiz & Pav.) Barlow & Wiens

Tristerix verticillatus is a flowering plant species in the Loranthaceae family found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile.

Amyema sanguinea (F.Muell.) Danser

Amyema sanguinea is a mistletoe that grows mainly on eucalypts and is used by at least seven moth and butterfly species.

Amyema bifurcata (Benth.) Tiegh.

Amyema bifurcata is a mistletoe with flat leaves that grows on multiple species of Australian trees and shrubs.

Amyema maidenii (Blakely) Barlow

Amyema maidenii is a mistletoe species with flat leaves and sessile-flowered inflorescences that grows on acacias.

Amyema mackayensis (Blakely) Danser

Amyema mackayensis is a coastal mangrove mistletoe that can shed salt-accumulating leaves to reduce its internal salt load.

Amyema miraculosa (Miq.) Tiegh.

Amyema miraculosa is a hemiparasitic Australian mistletoe, often an epiparasite, pollinated and seed-dispersed by birds.

Dendrophthoe falcata (L.fil.) Blume

Dendrophthoe falcata is a common hemiparasitic mistletoe native to India, with a large host range and traditional medicinal uses.

Tapinanthus rubromarginatus (Engl.) Danser

Tapinanthus rubromarginatus is a semi-parasitic aerial shrub native to parts of South Africa and Eswatini, pollinated mostly by sunbirds.

Plicosepalus acaciae (Zucc.) Wiens & Polhill

Plicosepalus acaciae is a native hemiparasitic acacia-parasitizing flowering plant from the Loranthaceae family.

Agelanthus natalitius (Meisn.) Polhill & Wiens

Agelanthus natalitius is a hemiparasitic Loranthaceae species native to multiple southern African regions, growing on trees in woodlands and bushlands.

Gaiadendron punctatum (Ruiz & Pav.) G.Don

Gaiadendron is a monotypic genus of parasitic shrubs/trees in Loranthaceae, with its only species found in North and South America.

Related Families

Viscaceae 25 species Santalaceae 22 species Thesiaceae 8 species Balanophoraceae 4 species Amphorogynaceae 3 species Cervantesiaceae 3 species Comandraceae 2 species Opiliaceae 2 species

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