''Dendrophthoe'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
hemiparasitic
A parasitic plant is a plant that derives some or all of its nutritional requirements from another living plant. They make up about 1% of angiosperms and are found in almost every biome. All parasitic plants develop a specialized organ called the ...
shrubs found in Asia and Australia known as mistletoes. The genus was described by German naturalist
Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
Carl Friedrich Philipp (Karl Friedrich Philipp) von Martius (17 April 1794 – 13 December 1868) was a German botany, botanist and explorer. Between 1817 and 1820, he travelled 10,000 km through Brazil while collecting botanical specimens. His m ...
in 1830.
Species in this genus have a variety of reported uses in the medical traditions of the region, most notably in
Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...
.
Species
''Plants of the World Online'' lists the following:
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Dendrophthoe acacioides''
(Benth.) Tiegh.
* ''
Dendrophthoe carinata''
Danser
* ''
Dendrophthoe clementis''
(Merr.) Danser
* ''
Dendrophthoe constricta''
(Korth.) Danser
* ''
Dendrophthoe copelandii''
(Merr.) Danser
* ''
Dendrophthoe costulata''
Miq.
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Dendrophthoe curvata''
(Blume) Miq.
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Dendrophthoe falcata
''Dendrophthoe falcata'' is one of the hemiparasitic plants that belong to the mistletoe family Loranthaceae. It is the most common of all the mistletoes that occur in India. At the moment reports say that it has around 401 plant hosts. The genus ...
''
(L.f.) Ettingsh.
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Dendrophthoe flosculosa''
Danser
* ''
Dendrophthoe fulva''
(Korth.) Miq.
* ''
Dendrophthoe fuscata''
(Korth.) Miq.
* ''
Dendrophthoe gangliiformis''
Barlow
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Dendrophthoe gjellerupii''
(Lauterb.) Danser
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Dendrophthoe glabrescens
''Dendrophthoe glabrescens'', commonly known as smooth mistletoe or orange mistletoe, is a hemiparasitic plant of the mistletoe family Loranthaceae, found in eastern and northern Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Au ...
''
(Blakeley) Barlow
* ''
Dendrophthoe haenkeana''
(C.Presl ex C.Schweinf.) Mart.
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Dendrophthoe hallieri''
(Merr.) Danser
* ''
Dendrophthoe homoplastica''
(Blakeley) Danser
* ''
Dendrophthoe incarnata''
(Jack) Miq.
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Dendrophthoe kerrii''
(Craib) Barlow
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Dendrophthoe lanosa''
(Korth.) Danser
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Dendrophthoe ligulatus''
(Thwaites) Tiegh.
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Dendrophthoe locellata''
Danser
* ''
Dendrophthoe loheri''
(Merr.) Danser
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Dendrophthoe lonchiphylla''
(Thwaites) Danser
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Dendrophthoe longituba''
(Elmer) Danser
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Dendrophthoe luzonensis''
(C.Presl ex Schult.f.) G.Don
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Dendrophthoe malifolia''
(C.Presl ex Schult.f.) Miq.
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Dendrophthoe mearnsii''
(Merr.) Danser
* ''
Dendrophthoe memecylifolia''
(Wight & Arn.) Danser
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Dendrophthoe mirifica''
Danser
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Dendrophthoe neelgherrensis''
(Wight & Arn.) Tiegh.
* ''
Dendrophthoe odontocalyx''
(F.Muell. ex Benth.) Tiegh.
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Dendrophthoe pauciflora''
Danser
* ''
Dendrophthoe pelagica''
Barlow
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Dendrophthoe pentandra''
(L.) Miq.
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Dendrophthoe pentapetala''
(Roxb.) G.Don
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Dendrophthoe praelonga''
(Blume) Miq.
* ''
Dendrophthoe quadrifida''
Danser
* ''
Dendrophthoe × rimituba''
Barlow
* ''
Dendrophthoe sarcophylla''
(Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) Danser
* ''
Dendrophthoe suborbicularis''
(Thwaites) Danser
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Dendrophthoe timorana''
(Danser) Barlow
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Dendrophthoe trichanthera''
Barlow
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Dendrophthoe villosa''
Danser
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Dendrophthoe vitellina''
(F.Muell.) Tiegh. (synonym ''Loranthus vitellinus'')
Gallery
Dendrophthoe falcata in Hyderabad, AP W2 IMG 0459.jpg, ''D. falcata''
Dendrophthoe vitellinaNGH.JPG, ''D. vitellina''
Flowers of India 155.jpg
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References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q4918737
Loranthaceae genera