2093.000 Viscum - Mistletoes
Description of the genus
Monoecious or dioecious, shrubby, glabrous plants with articulated stems, parasitic on dicotyledons, rarely gymnosperms. Leaves decussate, sometimes well-developed or reduced to scales. Inflorescence a dichasium subtended by a ± fused pair of scale-like bracts (the bracteal cup). Flowers (3-)4-merous. Fruit an indehiscent berry. Worldwide: 65 species in the Old World tropics and temperate regions Malawi: 10 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| combreticola Engl. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| congdonii Polhill | N,C,S | |
| cylindricum Polhill & Wiens | N,C,S | |
| goetzei Engl. | N | |
| loranthicola Polhill & Wiens | N | |
| menyharthii Engl. & Schinz | C | Description, Image |
| shirense Sprague | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| subverrucosum Polhill & Wiens | N,C | |
| triflorum DC. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| tuberculatum Hochst. ex A. Rich. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
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