Arceuthobium oxycedri (Dc.) M.Bieb.

Arceutobe (fr), Arceuthobium de l’oxycèdre (fr), Gui du genévrier (fr), Arceuthobe (fr), Arceuthobium du genévrier (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Santalaceae > Arceuthobium

Characteristics

Plants yellowish green or olive green, 5-16 cm tall. Branches opposite, rarely 3-4(-6)-verticillate; internodes 10-15 mm, base of main shoots 1.5-5 mm in diam. Scale leaves ca. 1 mm. Flowers terminal on branchlets. Male flowers solitary or 2-3 together, greenish yellow, ovoid in bud, 1-1.5 mm, 2-2.5 mm in diam. at flowering; perianth lobes 3(or 4), ovate, 1-1.4 mm. Anthers circular, ca. 0.5 mm. Female flower single, axillary or terminal on branchlets, ellipsoid in bud, ca. 1 mm. Fruiting pedicel ca. 1 mm. Berry greenish, ellipsoid when young, 2-3 × 2 mm. Fl. Aug-Sep, fr. next year Sep-Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support parasite
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination anemogamy
Spread endozoochory
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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Images

Habit

Arceuthobium oxycedri habit picture by Campoamor Ramon (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Arceuthobium oxycedri leaf picture by Santiago Medina (cc-by-sa)
Arceuthobium oxycedri leaf picture by Campoamor Ramon (cc-by-sa)
Arceuthobium oxycedri leaf picture by Campoamor Ramon (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Arceuthobium oxycedri flower picture by Tomaž Jančar (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Arceuthobium oxycedri world distribution map, present in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bhutan, China, Germany, Algeria, Spain, France, Georgia, Greece, Croatia, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Morocco, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Nepal, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and South Africa

Conservation status

Arceuthobium oxycedri threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:547939-1
WFO ID wfo-0000543294
COL ID G7JJ
BDTFX ID 6068
INPN ID 83488
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Arceuthobium oxycedri Viscum oxycedri Razoumofskya oxycedri Arceuthobium juniperi

Lower taxons

Arceuthobium oxycedri var. shadii