Dendrophthora Explained

Dendrophthora, the tree destroyers, is a genus of flowering plants in the sandalwood family Santalaceae, native to tropical and subtropical Latin America and the Caribbean. They are hemiparasitic mistletoes that grow on a wide variety of host plants.[1]

Species

Currently accepted species include:[2]

Notes and References

  1. 10.3897/phytokeys.140.48865 . Two new species of Dendrophthora (Viscaceae) from the Venezuelan Andes . 2020 . Canelón . Daniela S. . Niño . Santos M. . Dorr . Laurence J. . Caraballo-Ortiz . Marcos A. . PhytoKeys . 140 . 1–10 . 32095101 . 7021731 . free .
  2. Web site: Dendrophthora Juss. . . 2017 . Plants of the World Online . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 28 August 2020 .