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OverviewAI-generated
Viscum is a genus of plants in the family Santalaceae, also classified under Viscaceae. It belongs to the order Santalales within the class Magnoliopsida and phylum Tracheophyta. The genus produces berries as its fruit type. Common names for the group include European mistletoe, as well as Амяла, Имел, Öksəotu, and دبق.
The native range of Viscum includes Afghanistan, Albania, Aldabra, Algeria, Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Austria, Baleares, the Baltic States, and Bangladesh. The genus has also been introduced to British Columbia, California, and Ireland. Occurrence records have been documented in countries such as China, Madagascar, Taiwan, Tanzania, and Kenya.
Synthesized by Vinony from 37 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, PubMed, iNaturalist, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
European mistletoe
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSantalales
- FamilyViscaceae
General: Problems may be encountered when keying species of Viscum
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 951
- With media
- 705
- Family
- Viscaceae
- Collections
- A, CAS, GH
- Recorded in
- China, Madagascar, Taiwan, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda
Research
1,337 papers- Viscum album L. Therapy in Oncology: An Update on Current Evidence.Complementary medicine research · 2022
- Viscum album L., a Therapeutic Option for Neoplastic Diseases in Companion Animals? A Systematic Review.Complementary medicine research · 2022
- Viscum articulatum Burm. f.: a review on its phytochemistry, pharmacology and traditional uses.The Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology · 2018
- The Antioxidant Activity of Mistletoes (Viscum album and Other Species).Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
- A Scoping Review of Genus Viscum: Biological and Chemical Aspects of Alcoholic Extracts.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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Wikidata facts
Show 7 more facts
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Viscum
- Commons category
- Viscum
- topic's main category
- Category:Viscum
- taxon common name
- omela
- has fruit type
- berry
Sources (2)
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