''Lepidoceras'' is a genus 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 ...

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s belonging to the family

Santalaceae The Santalaceae, sandalwoods, are a widely distributed family of flowering plants (including small trees, shrubs, perennial plants, perennial herbs, and epiphyte, epiphytic climbersHewson & George t al.'Santalaceae'' taxonomy, 1984, pp. 191-1 ...

. The genus has two species; ''

Lepidoceras chilense ''Lepidoceras'' is a genus of hemiparasitic flowering plants belonging to the family Santalaceae. The genus has two species; ''Lepidoceras chilense'' is endemic to Chile and ''Lepidoceras peruvianum'' is endemic to Peru. ''Lepidoceras chilense ...

'' is endemic to Chile and '' Lepidoceras peruvianum'' is endemic to Peru. ''

'' is known as ''quintral del temu'' in Chile. It parasitizes a variety of trees. The main hosts are ''

Laureliopsis philippiana ''Laureliopsis'' is a genus of flowering plants with just one species, ''Laureliopsis philippiana'', known as tepa and wawán, endemic to Chile and the narrow neighboring strip of Argentina (35 to 45°S). In Chile it is found from Maule Region, M ...

'', '' Laurelia sempervirens'', '' Temu cruckshanksii'', ''

Cryptocarya alba ''Cryptocarya alba'', the peumo or Chilean acorn, is an evergreen tree that grows in Chile and Argentina from 33 to 40° southern latitude. It can live both in wet and as in dry conditions. Its distribution can reach up to 1500 meters (5000 ...

'', '' Myrceugenia exsucca'', ''

Amomyrtus meli ''Amomyrtus meli'', known as meli, is a species of tree in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to Chile and grows from Arauco to Chiloe (37 to 42°S). It grows mostly on moist and shaded sites. Description It is an evergreen tree that measure ...

'' and ''

Luma apiculata ''Luma apiculata'', the Chilean myrtle, ''arrayán'' or ''temu'', is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, native to the central Andes between Chile and Argentina, at 33 to 45° south latitude. Growing to tall and wide, it is a vigo ...

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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q16766171 Santalaceae Santalaceae genera Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker