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Psittacanthus mayanus

Psittacanthus mayanus
Photo: Gaiacoyote, CC0
Family
Loranthaceae (Loranth family)
Native range
SE. Mexico to Honduras
Climate
wet tropical

About

Psittacanthus mayanus, with no established English name, is a species of the genus Psittacanthus, whose members are known generally as mistletoes and parrot-flowers. It belongs to the family of the Showy Mistletoes, the Loranthaceae.

Where it grows

Psittacanthus mayanus occurs in southern Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula south into the states of Michoacán, Oaxaca and Chiapas, as well as in Belize, Guatemala, and probably also in Honduras and El Salvador.

Other Psittacanthus plants

Psittacanthus acinarius · Psittacanthus angustifolius · Psittacanthus barlowii · Psittacanthus biternatus · Psittacanthus brasiliensis · Psittacanthus calyculatus · Psittacanthus cordatus · Psittacanthus cucullaris · Psittacanthus gigas · Psittacanthus robustus · Psittacanthus schiedeanus · Psittacanthus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Psittacanthus mayanus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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