Family: Santalaceae
Arceuthobium pusillum C. Peck - Dwarf Mistletoe
Photo © by Steven Clemants
From a scanned herbarium sheet, 1999.
From a scanned herbarium sheet, 1999.
By Science Staff
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Last Modified 02/01/2013
Key to the genera of Santalaceae
1. Leaves alternate, 5-15 cm long; parasitic on the roots of woody plants...Pyrularia1. Leaves opposite, to 6 cm long; parasitic on branches of woody plants...2
2. Leaves semiorbicular, 1 mm long; parasite mainly of Black
Spruce, occasionally other conifers...Arceuthobium
2. Leaves flat, 2-6 cm
long; parasite on many tree species...Phoradendron
List of Santalaceae Genera
References to Santalaceae
- Abbott, J. R.; Thompson, R. L. 2011. New combinations in Phoradendron leucarpum (Viscaceae). J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 5: 139-141.
- Demoise, C. W. 1951. Some notes on Pyrularia pubera Michx. Pyrularia 1: 25-44.
- Der, J. P.; Nickrent, D. L. 2008. A molecular phylogeny of Santalaceae (Santalales). Syst. Bot. 33: 107-116.
- Holm, T. 1924. Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 9: 1-13.
- Kuijt, J. 1968. Mutual affinities of Santalalean families. Brittonia 20(2): 136-47.
- Moss, E. H. 1926. Parasitism in the genus Comandra. New Phyt. 25: 264-276.