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Santalaceae is a widely distributed family of flowering plantFlowering plant

The flowering plants are a major group of land plants....
s which, like other members of Santalales, are partially parasitic on other plants. Modern treatments of the Santalaceae include the family ViscaceaeViscaceae

Viscaceae is a family of flowering plants....
, previously considered distinct.

The APG II systemAPG II system

A modern system of plant taxonomy, the APG II system of plant classification was published in 2003 by the Angiosperm Phyloge...
 of 2003 (unchanged from the APG systemAPG system Summary

A modern system of plant taxonomy, the APG system of plant classification was published in 1998 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny ...
, of 1998) recognises the family and assigns it to the order SantalalesSantalales

Santalales is an order of flowering plants, with a cosmopolitan distribution but heavily concentrated in tropical and subtro...
 in the clade core eudicots. However, the circumscription by APG is much wider than accepted by previous classifications, including the plants earlier treated in families Eremolepidaceae and ViscaceaeViscaceae Overview

Viscaceae is a family of flowering plants....
. It includes about 1,000 species.

Genera

  • AcanthosyrisAcanthosyris

    Acanthosyris is a genus of plant in family Santalaceae....
  • Amphorogyne
  • Antholobus
  • ArceuthobiumArceuthobium

    The genus Arceuthobium, commonly called Dwarf Mistletoes, are a genus of 46 species of parasitic plants found in N...
  • ArjonaArjona

    Arjona is a town and municipality located in the Bol?var Department, northern Colombia....
  • Austroamericium
  • Buckleya
  • CervantesiaCervantesia

    Cervantesia is a genus of plants in the family Santalaceae....
  • Choretrum
  • Cladomyza
  • Colpoon
  • ComandraComandra

    The genus Comandra contains a single species, C....
     (Bastard Toadflax)
  • Daenikera
  • Dendromyza
  • Dendrophthora
  • Dendrotrophe
  • Dufrenoya
  • Elaphanthera
  • ExocarposExocarpos

    Exocarpos is a genus of 26 species of shrub to small tree in the sandalwood family Santalaceae....
  • Geocaulon
  • Ginalloa
  • Jodina
  • KorthalsellaFacts About Korthalsella

    Korthalsella is a genus of plants in the family Santalaceae....
  • Kunkeliella
  • LeptomeriaLeptomeria

    Leptomeria is a botanical name of a genus of flowering plants....
  • Mida
  • Myoschilos
  • Nanodea
  • Nestronia
  • Notothixos
  • OkoubakaOkoubaka

    Okoubaka is a genus of tall forest tree native to west and central tropical Africa....
  • Omphacomeria
  • Osyridocarpos
  • OsyrisOsyris

    Osyris lanceolata Hochst. & Steud....
  • Phacellaria
  • PhoradendronPhoradendron

    Phoradendron is a genus of mistletoes, native to warm temperate and tropical regions of the Americas....
  • Pyrularia (Buffalo Nut)
  • Quinchamalium
  • Rhoiacarpos
  • SantalumSantalum

    Santalum is a genus of woody flowering plants, the most well known and commercially valuable of which is the Indian Sand...
  • ScleropyrumScleropyrum

    Scleropyrum is a genus of plant in family Santalaceae....
  • Spirogardnera
  • Thesidium
  • ThesiumThesium

    Thesium is a genus of plants in the family Santalaceae....
  • ViscumViscum

    Viscum is a genus of about 70-100 species of mistletoes, native to temperate and tropical regions of Europe, Africa, Asi...



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