Phoradendron 5692214 221467111 2008-06-24T17:01:08Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Adding: [[pt:Phoradendron]] {{Taxobox | name = ''Phoradendron'' | image = Phoradendron californicum berries 2.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''[[Phoradendron californicum]]'' with fruit | regnum = [[Plantae]] | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Santalales]] | familia = [[Santalaceae]] | genus = '''''Phoradendron''''' | genus_authority = [[Thomas Nuttall|Nutt.]] | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text }} [[Image:Phoradendron juniperinum 2.jpg|thumb|232px|''[[Phoradendron juniperinum]]'']] '''''Phoradendron''''' is a genus of [[mistletoe]]s, native to warm temperate and tropical regions of the [[Americas]]. Traditionally, the genus has been placed in its own family Viscaceae, but recent genetic research by the [[Angiosperm Phylogeny Group]] shows this family to be correctly placed within a larger circumscription of the family [[Santalaceae]]. They are woody [[parasitic plant|hemi-parasitic]] [[shrub]]s with branches 10-80 cm long, which grow on other [[tree]]s. The foliage is dichotomously branching, with opposite pairs of [[leaf|leaves]]; these are fairly large, 2-5 cm long, green and [[photosynthesis|photosynthetic]] in some species (e.g. ''P. leucarpum''), but minimal in some others (e.g. ''P. californicum''). The plant draws its mineral and water needs, and some of its energy needs, from the host tree. Different species of ''Phoradendron'' tend to use different host species, though most species are able to utilise several different hosts. The [[flower]]s are inconspicuous, greenish-yellow, 1-3 mm diameter. The [[fruit]] is a berry, white, yellow, orange, or red when mature, containing several [[seed]]s embedded in very sticky juice; the seeds are dispersed when [[bird]]s (notably [[Cedar Waxwing]]s and [[Phainopepla]]s) eat the fruit, and remove the sticky seeds from the bill by wiping them on tree branches where they can germinate. The foliage and berries of some species are toxic. ;Selected species *''[[Phoradendron anceps]]'' – Goldenfruit Mistletoe *''[[Phoradendron argentinum]]'' *''[[Phoradendron barahonae]]'' – Island Mistletoe *''[[Phoradendron bolleanum]]'' – Bollean Mistletoe *''[[Phoradendron californicum]]'' – Mesquite Mistletoe *''[[Phoradendron capitellatum]]'' – Downy mistletoe *''[[Phoradendron coryae]]'' – Cory's Mistletoe *''[[Phoradendron crassifolium]]'' *''[[Phoradendron densum]]'' – Dense Mistletoe *''[[Phoradendron dichotomum]]'' – Bertero's Mistletoe *''[[Phoradendron emarginatum]]'' *''[[Phoradendron flavescens]]'' *''[[Phoradendron hawksworthii]]'' – Hawksworth's Mistletoe *''[[Phoradendron hexastichum]]'' – Tropical Mistletoe *''[[Phoradendron hieronymi]]'' *''[[Phoradendron juniperinum]]'' – Juniper Mistletoe *''[[Phoradendron libocedri]]'' – Incense-cedar Mistletoe *''[[Phoradendron liga]]'' *''[[Phoradendron macrophyllum]]'' – Colorado Desert Mistletoe *''[[Phoradendron mucronatum]]'' *''[[Phoradendron pauciflorum]]'' – Fir Mistletoe *''[[Phoradendron piperoides]]'' – Piper Mistletoe *''[[Phoradendron quadrangulare]]'' *''[[Phoradendron racemosum]]'' – Bigleaf Mistletoe *''[[Phoradendron rubrum]]'' – Mahogany Mistletoe *''[[Phoradendron serotinum]]'' (syn. ''P. flavescens, P. leucarpum'') – Oak (or Eastern) Mistletoe *''[[Phoradendron tetrapterum]]'' – Fourpart Mistletoe *''[[Phoradendron tomentosum]]'' – Christmas Mistletoe *''[[Phoradendron trinervium]]'' – Angled Mistletoe *''[[Phoradendron tucumanense]]'' *''[[Phoradendron villosum]]'' – Pacific Mistletoe ==References== *[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PHORA USDA Plants Profile: ''Phoradendron''] *[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?9275 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Phoradendron''] *[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=40&taxon_id=125099 Flora of Bolivia: ''Phoradendron'' checklist] *[http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/nr/fid/fidls/147.htm Mistletoes on Hardwoods in the United States] US Forest Service [[Category:Santalales]] [[Category:Parasitic plants]] [[de:Phoradendron]] [[es:Phoradendron]] [[pt:Phoradendron]]