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Phoradendron is a genus of mistletoe
Mistletoe

Mistletoe is the common name for a group of parasitic plant plants in the Order Santalales that grow attached to and within the branches of a tree or shrub....
s, native to warm temperate and tropical regions of the Americas
Americas

The Americas are the region of the Western hemisphere that consists of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions....
. Traditionally, the genus has been placed in its own family Viscaceae
Viscaceae

Viscaceae is a family of flowering plants. In past decades, several list of systems of plant taxonomy recognized this family, notably the 1981 Cronquist system....
, but recent genetic research by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group

The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, or APG, refers to two international groups of systematic botany who came together to try to establish a consensus view of the taxonomy of flowering plants that would reflect new knowledge in angiosperm relationships based upon molecular systematics studies....
 shows this family to be correctly placed within a larger circumscription of the sandalwood
Santalum

Santalum is a genus of woody flowering plants, the most well known and commercially valuable of which is the Indian Sandalwood tree, Santalum album....
 family, Santalaceae
Santalaceae

Santalaceae is a widely distributed family of flowering plants which, like other members of Santalales, are partially parasitic on other plants....
.

They are woody hemi-parasitic
Parasitic plant

File:Cuscuta parasite plant.JPGA parasitic plant is one that derives some or all of its sustenance from another plant. About 4,100 species in approximately 19 families of flowering plants are known....
 shrub
Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
s with branches long, which grow on other tree
TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
s.






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Phoradendron is a genus of mistletoe
Mistletoe

Mistletoe is the common name for a group of parasitic plant plants in the Order Santalales that grow attached to and within the branches of a tree or shrub....
s, native to warm temperate and tropical regions of the Americas
Americas

The Americas are the region of the Western hemisphere that consists of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions....
. Traditionally, the genus has been placed in its own family Viscaceae
Viscaceae

Viscaceae is a family of flowering plants. In past decades, several list of systems of plant taxonomy recognized this family, notably the 1981 Cronquist system....
, but recent genetic research by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group
Angiosperm Phylogeny Group

The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, or APG, refers to two international groups of systematic botany who came together to try to establish a consensus view of the taxonomy of flowering plants that would reflect new knowledge in angiosperm relationships based upon molecular systematics studies....
 shows this family to be correctly placed within a larger circumscription of the sandalwood
Santalum

Santalum is a genus of woody flowering plants, the most well known and commercially valuable of which is the Indian Sandalwood tree, Santalum album....
 family, Santalaceae
Santalaceae

Santalaceae is a widely distributed family of flowering plants which, like other members of Santalales, are partially parasitic on other plants....
.

They are woody hemi-parasitic
Parasitic plant

File:Cuscuta parasite plant.JPGA parasitic plant is one that derives some or all of its sustenance from another plant. About 4,100 species in approximately 19 families of flowering plants are known....
 shrub
Shrub

A shrub or bush is a horticulture rather than strictly Botany category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5-6 m tall....
s with branches long, which grow on other tree
TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
s. The foliage is dichotomously branching, with opposite pairs of leaves
Leaf

In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant Organ specialized for photosynthesis. For this purpose, a leaf is typically flat and thin, to expose the cells containing chloroplast to light over a broad area, and to allow light to penetrate fully into the tissues....
; these are fairly large, long, green and photosynthetic
Photosynthesis

File:Seawifs global biosphere.jpgPhotosynthesis is a metabolic pathway that converts carbon dioxide into organic compounds, especially sugars, using the energy from sunlight....
 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
Flower

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproduction structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to mediate the union of male sperm with female ovum in order to produce seeds....
s are inconspicuous, greenish-yellow, diameter. The fruit
Fruit

The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context, and the term is not synonymous in food preparation and biology. In botany, which is the scientific study of plants, fruits are the ripened Ovary of flowering plants....
 is a berry
Berry

In everyday English, a berry is a broad term for any small edible fruit. Most berries are juicy, round or semi-oblong, brightly coloured, sweet or sour, and don't have a stone or pit....
, white, yellow, orange, or red when mature, containing several seed
Seed

A seed is a small Plant embryogenesis plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat, usually with some Food storage. It is the product of the ripened ovule of gymnosperm and angiosperm plants which occurs after fertilization and some growth within the mother plant....
s embedded in very sticky juice; the seeds are dispersed when bird
Bird

Birds are wing, Bipedalismal, endothermic , vertebrate animals that lay egg . There are around 10,000 living species, making them the most numerous tetrapod vertebrates....
s (notably Cedar Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing

The Cedar Waxwing is a member of the waxwing or waxwing family of passerine birds. It breeds in open wooded areas in North America, principally southern Canada and the northern United States....
s and Phainopepla
Phainopepla

The Phainopepla is the most northerly representative of the mainly tropical Central American family Ptilogonatidae, the silky flycatchers....
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 canzacotoi
    Phoradendron canzacotoi

    Phoradendron canzacotoi is a species of plant in the Viscaceae family. It is Endemism to Ecuador. Category:Flora of Ecuador Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
  • 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 madisonii
    Phoradendron madisonii

    Phoradendron madisonii is a species of plant in the Viscaceae family. It is Endemism to Ecuador. Category:Flora of Ecuador Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
  • Phoradendron mucronatum
  • Phoradendron pauciflorum – Fir Mistletoe
  • Phoradendron piperoides – Piper Mistletoe
  • Phoradendron pomasquianum
    Phoradendron pomasquianum

    Phoradendron pomasquianum is a species of plant in the Viscaceae family. It is Endemism to Ecuador. Category:Flora of Ecuador Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
  • 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
  • Phoradendron wiensii
    Phoradendron wiensii

    Phoradendron wiensii is a species of plant in the Viscaceae family. It is Endemism to Ecuador. Category:Flora of Ecuador Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes....