Viscaceae
(THE CHRISTMAS MISTLETOE FAMILY)
 Biota of North America Program
 Texas A&M University Bioinformatics Working Group
Standardized nomenclature following © John T. Kartesz. 1996. Revision: A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. The Biota of North America Program of the North Carolina Botanical Garden . This listing features updates (1996) of BONAP nomenclature, use of common names derived from BONAP data, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service data on endangered/threatened taxa, and information on Texas taxa taken from a database developed from Stephan L. Hatch, Kancheepuram N. Gandhi, and Larry E. Brown. 1990. Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Texas (now in the process of proofing).

Arceuthobium H.E. Ballard - DWARF-MISTLETOE

    abietinum Engelm. ex Munz

    americanum Nutt. ex Engelm.

    apachecum Hawksworth & Wiens

    blumeri A. Nels.

    californicum Hawksworth & Wiens

    campylopodum Engelm.

    cyanocarpum (A. Nels. ex Rydb.) A. Nels.

    divaricatum Engelm. Present in the Texas flora, local name unknown. (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone)

    douglasii Engelm. Present in the Texas flora, local name unknown. (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone)

    gillii Hawksworth & Wiens

    laricis (Piper) St. John

    littorum Hawksworth, Wiens & Nickrent

    microcarpum (Engelm.) Hawksworth & Wiens

    monticola Hawksworth, Wiens & Nickrent

    occidentale Engelm.

    pusillum Peck Synonomy: Razoumofskya pusilla (Peck) Kuntze

    siskiyouense Hawksworth, Wiens & Nickrent

    tsugense (Rosendahl) G.N. Jones

      ssp. mertensianae Hawksworth & Nickrent

      ssp. tsugense

    vaginatum (Willd.) J. Presl

      ssp. cryptopodum (Engelm.) Hawksworth & Wiens Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Pine dwarf-misletoe (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonomy: Arceuthobium cryptopodum Engelm.

    Korthalsella Engelm. - KORTHAL-MISTLETOE

      complanata (v. Tiegh.) Engl. Synonomy: Korthalsella remyi (v. Tiegh.) Skottsberg

      cylindrica (v. Tiegh.) Engl. Synonomy: Korthalsella cylindrica var. teres (Wawra) St. John

      degeneri Danser

      latissima (v. Tiegh.) Danser Synonomy: Korthalsella latissima var. crassa (v. Tiegh.) Danser

      platycaula (v. Tiegh.) Engl.

      remyana v. Tiegh. Synonomy: Korthalsella remyana var. wawrae (v. Tiegh.) Danser

      Phoradendron (v. Tiegh.) Danser - MISTLETOE

        anceps (Spreng.) G. Maza Synonomy: Phoradendron chrysocarpum Krug & Urban , Phoradendron helleri Trel. , Viscum anceps Spreng.

        barahonae Urban & Trel.

        bolleanum (Seem.) Eichl.

        californicum Nutt. Synonomy: Phoradendron californicum var. distans Trel. , Phoradendron californicum var. leucocarpum (Trel.) Jepson

        capitellatum Torr. ex Trel. Present in the Texas flora, local name unknown. (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonomy: Phoradendron bolleanum var. capitellatum (Torr. ex Trel.) Kearney & Peebles

        densum Torr. ex Trel. Synonomy: Phoradendron bolleanum ssp. densum (Torr. ex Trel.) Wiens , Phoradendron bolleanum var. densum (Torr. ex Trel.) Fosberg

        dichotomum (Bertero) Krug & Urban Synonomy: Phoradendron berterianum (DC.) Griseb. , Viscum dichotomum Bertero

        hawksworthii (Wiens) Wiens Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Rough mistletoe (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonomy: Phoradendron bolleanum ssp. hawksworthii Wiens

        hexastichum (DC.) Griseb. Synonomy: Viscum hexastichum DC.

        juniperinum Engelm. Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Juniper mistletoe, cedar mistletoe (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonomy: Phoradendron juniperinum var. ligatum (Trel.) Fosberg , Phoradendron ligatum Trel.

        leucarpum (Raf.) Reveal & M.C. Johnston Present in the Texas flora (treated as Phoradendron serotinum (Raf.) M.C. Johnst. by Hatch et al, 1990) (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonomy: Phoradendron eatonii Trel. , Phoradendron flavescens Nutt. ex Engelm. , Phoradendron flavescens var. orbiculatum (Engelm.) Engelm. , Phoradendron macrotomum Trel. , Phoradendron serotinum (Raf.) M.C. Johnston , Phoradendron serotinum var. macrotomum (Trel.) M.C. Johnston , Viscum flavescens sensu Pursh p.p. non Viscum flavens Sw.

        libocedri (Engelm.) T.J. Howell Synonomy: Phoradendron juniperinum ssp. libocedri (Engelm.) Wiens , Phoradendron juniperinum var. libocedri Engelm.

        macrophyllum (Engelm.) Cockerell

          ssp. cockerellii (Trel.) Wiens Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Bigleaf mistletoe (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonomy: Phoradendron cockerellii Trel.

          ssp. macrophyllum Synonomy: Phoradendron coloradense Trel. , Phoradendron flavescens var. macrophyllum Engelm. , Phoradendron longispicum Trel. , Phoradendron tomentosum ssp. macrophyllum (Engelm.) Wiens , Phoradendron tomentosum var. macrophyllum (Engelm.) L. Benson

        mucronatum (DC.) Krug & Urban Synonomy: Viscum mucronatum DC.

        pauciflorum Torr. Synonomy: Phoradendron bolleanum ssp. pauciflorum (Torr.) Wiens , Phoradendron bolleanum var. pauciflorum (Torr.) Fosberg

        piperoides (Kunth) Trel. Synonomy: Loranthus piperoides Kunth

        quadrangulare (Kunth) Griseb. Synonomy: Loranthus quadrangularis Kunth , Phoradendron randiae (Bello) Britt.

        racemosum (Aubl.) Krug & Urban

        rubrum (L.) Griseb.

        tetrapterum Krug & Urban

        tomentosum (DC.) Engelm. ex Gray Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Injerto, Christmas mistletoe (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonomy: Phoradendron flavescens var. pubescens Engelm. ex Gray , Phoradendron serotinum var. pubescens (Engelm. ex Gray) M.C. Johnston

        trinervium (Lam.) Griseb.

        villosum (Nutt.) Nutt.

          ssp. coryae (Trel.) Wiens Present in the Texas flora, local name unknown. (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonomy: Phoradendron coryae Trel. , Phoradendron havardianum Trel.

          ssp. villosum Synonomy: Phoradendron flavescens var. villosum (Nutt.) Engelm.

        Viscum (Nutt.) Engelm. - EUROPEAN-MISTLETOE

          album L.

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