Juniper dwarf mistletoe
Arceuthobium oxycedri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
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 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

  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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  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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