Dendrophthoe
Sign in to saveDendrophthoe is a genus of hemiparasitic shrubs found in Asia and Australia known as mistletoes. The genus was described by German naturalist Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius in 1830. Species in this genus have a variety of reported uses in the medical traditions of the region, most notably in Nepal.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSantalales
- FamilyLoranthaceae
Native toAndaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos
via GBIF · Kew POWO
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Dendrophthoe is a genus of hemiparasitic shrubs found in Asia and Australia known as mistletoes. The genus was described by German naturalist Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius in 1830. Species in this genus have a variety of reported uses in the medical traditions of the region, most notably in Nepal.
==Species== Plants of the World Online lists the following: Dendrophthoe acacioides (Benth.) Tiegh. Dendrophthoe carinata Danser Dendrophthoe clementis (Merr.) Danser Dendrophthoe constricta (Korth.) Danser Dendrophthoe copelandii (Merr.) Danser Dendrophthoe costulata Miq. Dendrophthoe curvata (Blume) Miq. Dendrophthoe falcata (L.f.) Ettingsh. Dendrophthoe flosculosa Danser Dendrophthoe fulva (Korth.) Miq. Dendrophthoe fuscata (Korth.) Miq. Dendrophthoe gangliiformis Barlow Dendrophthoe gjellerupii (Lauterb.) Danser Dendrophthoe glabrescens (Blakeley) Barlow Dendrophthoe haenkeana (C.Presl ex C.Schweinf.) Mart. Dendrophthoe hallieri (Merr.) Danser Dendrophthoe homoplastica (Blakeley) Danser Dendrophthoe incarnata (Jack) Miq. Dendrophthoe kerrii (Craib) Barlow Dendrophthoe lanosa (Korth.) Danser Dendrophthoe ligulatus (Thwaites) Tiegh. Dendrophthoe locellata Danser Dendrophthoe loheri (Merr.) Danser Dendrophthoe lonchiphylla (Thwaites) Danser Dendrophthoe longituba (Elmer) Danser Dendrophthoe luzonensis (C.Presl ex Schult.f.) G.Don Dendrophthoe malifolia (C.Presl ex Schult.f.) Miq. Dendrophthoe mearnsii (Merr.) Danser Dendrophthoe memecylifolia (Wight & Arn.) Danser Dendrophthoe mirifica Danser Dendrophthoe neelgherrensis (Wight & Arn.) Tiegh. Dendrophthoe odontocalyx (F.Muell. ex Benth.) Tiegh. Dendrophthoe pauciflora Danser Dendrophthoe pelagica Barlow Dendrophthoe pentandra (L.) Miq. Dendrophthoe pentapetala (Roxb.) G.Don Dendrophthoe praelonga (Blume) Miq. Dendrophthoe quadrifida Danser Dendrophthoe × rimituba Barlow Dendrophthoe sarcophylla (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) Danser Dendrophthoe suborbicularis (Thwaites) Danser Dendrophthoe timorana (Danser) Barlow Dendrophthoe trichanthera Barlow Dendrophthoe villosa Danser Dendrophthoe vitellina (F.Muell.) Tiegh. (synonym Loranthus vitellinus)