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 Viscaceae Notes for Plant Taxonomy
The Viscaceae is the family of the mistletoes that grow around here, and those that are sold - in plastic format - at Christmas.
Unlike the Loranthaceae, all members of the Viscaceae are eiphytic parasites.
The Viscaceae is pantropical and has, in additional significant extensions into temperate regions.
herbarium.usu.edu /taxa/viscaceae.htm   (306 words)

  
 Viscaceae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Viscaceae was a family of flowering plants formerly considered distinct, but following genetic studies by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group is now included within the Santalaceae.
The genera formerly treated in the Viscaceae include:
This page was last modified 08:01, 30 August 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Viscaceae   (59 words)

  
 Viscaceae --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Members of the Viscaceae are primarily tropical in distribution and are parasites on the branches of many tree species.
Some authorities also consider the 11 genera and about 450 species of the family Viscaceae, including the commonly known mistletoes of the genera Arceuthobium and Phoradendron in North America and of the genera...
any of many species of semiparasitic green plants of the families Loranthaceae and Viscaceae, especially those of the genera Viscum, Phoradendron, and Arceuthobium, all members of the Viscaceae.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9075502   (334 words)

  
 Phylogenetic relationships within Korthalsella (Viscaceae) based on nuclear ITS and plastid trnL-F sequence -- Molvray ...
Phylogenetic relationships within Korthalsella (Viscaceae) based on nuclear ITS and plastid trnL-F sequence -- Molvray et al.
Barlow, B. 1983 A revision of the Viscaceae of Australia.
Molvray, M. 1990 A revision of Korthalsella (Viscaceae).
www.amjbot.org /cgi/content/full/86/2/249   (5396 words)

  
 Family Viscaceae   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Mistletoe Family (Viscaceae) includes the plant that some people like to hang in their houses (and kiss beneath) at Christmas time.
Mistletoe was an important symbol in pre-Christian religions and folklore.
Some species make a little of their own food and some take all their nutrients from the host tree.
www.alientravelguide.com /science/biology/life/plants/tracheo/spermops/angiospe/dicotyle/santalal/viscacea.htm   (85 words)

  
 VISCUM - Definition
[n] type genus of the Viscaceae: Old World evergreen shrubs parasitic on many trees including oaks but especially apple trees, poplars, aspens and cottonwoods
dilleniid dicot genus, family Viscaceae, mistletoe, mistletoe family, Old World mistletoe, Viscaceae, Viscum album
Birdlime, which is often made from the berries of the European mistletoe.
www.hyperdictionary.com /dictionary/viscum   (61 words)

  
 Loranthaceae/Viscaceae - Flora in Gastein
Die Loranthaceae werden meist mit den Viscaceae zusammengefasst und dann als Mistelgewächse bezeichnet.
Die Frucht ist eine Beere - verschleimend und klebrig.
Die Viscaceae (Mistelgewächse) werden meist als eigene Familie geführt).
www.gastein-im-bild.info /plants/ploranth.html   (133 words)

  
 BSA Plant Images Online - Staminate inflorescences of Arceuthobium pusillum (eastern dwarf mistletoe, Viscaceae)
Image Title: Staminate inflorescences of Arceuthobium pusillum (eastern dwarf mistletoe, Viscaceae)
Staminate inflorescences of Arceuthobium pusillum (eastern dwarf mistletoe, Viscaceae) emerging from the branch of its fl spruce host (Picea mariana, host needles ca.
Among all the mistletoes, Arceuthobium has the greatest economic impact on human activity because of the damage these parasites inflict on commercially important forest trees.
www.botany.org /plantimages/ImageData.asp?IDN=abot91-1   (160 words)

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