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Phoradendron
Also called Leafy Mistletoes
Phoradendron is a genus of mistletoe, native to warm temperate and tropical regions of the Americas. The center of diversity is the Amazon rainforest. Phoradendron is the largest genus of mistletoe in the Americas, and possibly the largest genus of mistletoes in the world. Traditionally, the genus has been placed in the family Viscaceae, but recent genetic research acknowledged by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group shows this family to be correctly placed within a larger circumscription of the sandalwood family, Santalaceae.
They are woody hemi-parasitic shrubs with branches 10–80 cm (3.9–31.5 in) long, which grow on other trees. The foliage is dichotomously branching, with opposite pairs of leaves; these are fairly large, 2–5 cm (0.79–1.97 in) long, green and photosynthetic in some species (e.g. P. leucarpum), but minimal in some others (e.g. P. californicum).
Phoradendron aequatoris · Bollean mistletoe · Mesquite mistletoe · Phoradendron canzacotoi · Downy mistletoe · Cory's mistletoe · Dense mistletoe · Juniper mistletoe · Oak mistletoe · Incense cedar mistletoe · Colorado Desert mistletoe · Phoradendron madisonii
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