Viscaceae
Sign in to saveViscaceae is a taxonomic family name of flowering plants. In this circumscription, the family includes the several genera of mistletoes. This family name is currently being studied and under review as in past decades, several systems of plant taxonomy recognized this family, notably the 1981 Cronquist system. thumb|Viscum spp. However, the APG II system of 2003 does not recognize the family, treating it as a synonym of Santalaceae. This did not end the taxonomic debate among botanists and there are many that still think Viscaceae should be an accepted family name. According to the APG IV syste
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSantalales
- FamilyViscaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 208
- With media
- 33
- Family
- Viscaceae
- Collections
- BRIT, ASU, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), USU, UFPB, DES
- Recorded in
- Peru, Mexico, Brasil, United States, ColôMbia, Malaysia/Sabah, Bolivia, Malaysia/Sarawak
Research
94 papers- Component Composition and Features of Biological Activity of Viscum album (Viscaceae).Doklady biological sciences : proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Biological sciences sections · 2024
- Dwarf Mistletoes (Arceuthobium, Viscaceae) of North America: Classification Systems, Phylogenetic Relationships, and Taxonomic Characteristics.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
- Arceuthobium Species (Viscaceae) Parasitizing an Angiosperm: The Unique Case of A. azoricum in the Azores Islands.Plant disease · 2024
- Massive gene loss in mistletoe (Viscum, Viscaceae) mitochondria.Scientific reports · 2015
- Two new species of Dendrophthora (Viscaceae) from the Venezuelan Andes.PhytoKeys · 2020
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- synonym
- Parent taxon
- Santalales
- Image
- Viscum album 2026 G1.jpg
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- Commons category
- Santalaceae
- taxon name
- Viscaceae
- taxon rank
- family
- topic's main category
- Category:Viscaceae
- taxon common name
- 槲寄生科
- taxon synonym of
- Santalaceae
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Encyclopedic overview
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Viscaceae is a taxonomic family name of flowering plants. In this circumscription, the family includes the several genera of mistletoes. This family name is currently being studied and under review as in past decades, several systems of plant taxonomy recognized this family, notably the 1981 Cronquist system. thumb|Viscum spp. However, the APG II system of 2003 does not recognize the family, treating it as a synonym of Santalaceae. This did not end the taxonomic debate among botanists and there are many that still think Viscaceae should be an accepted family name. According to the APG IV system, Der and Nickrent (2008) found seven well supported clades in Santalaceae, but relationships between these clades are still poorly understood. The traditional and cultural uses of species within the Viscaceae merit further attention.
Clades or genera treated as belonging to the currently debated family name Viscaceae include: Arceuthobium Dendrophthora Ginalloa Korthalsella Notothixos Phoradendron Viscum
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