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Phoradendron chrysocladon A.Gray

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Santalaceae > Phoradendron

Characteristics

Yellowish green plants; stems terete to slightly keeled; successive pairs of foliage leaves separated by 1 pair of very acute intercalary cataphylls to 1.5 cm above base; basal cataphylls of lateral branches 1 pair, acute, sometimes with a second pair. Petiole 0.5 cm long, indistinct, stout; blade broadly lanceolate, to 15 x 9 cm, apex acute; usually 5 conspicuous long basal veins. Monoecious, sex distribution variable. Inflorescence to 5 cm long, mostly with simple peduncle to 1 cm long; fertile internodes 3-5, flowers ca. 12 per fertile bract, usually very regularly 3-seriate. Fruit ovoid to spherical, 0.3 cm long, perianth segments closed.
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Yellowish green plants; stems terete to slightly keeled; successive pairs of foliage leaves separated by 1 pair of very acute intercalary cataphylls to 1.5 cm above base; basal cataphylls of lateral branches 1 pair, acute, sometimes with a second pair. Petiole 0.5 cm long, indistinct, stout; blade broadly lanceolate, to 15 x 9 cm, apex acute; usually 5 conspicuous long basal veins. Monoecious, sex distribution variable. Inflorescence to 5 cm long, mostly with simple peduncle to 1 cm long; fertile internodes 3-5, flowers ca. 12 per fertile bract, usually very regularly 3-seriate. Fruit ovoid to spherical, 0.3 cm long, perianth segments closed.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support parasite
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Phoradendron chrysocladon world distribution map, present in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, El Salvador, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:329775-2
WFO ID wfo-0000472668
COL ID 4GQN8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630384
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Synonyms

Phoradendron chrysocladon Phoradendron urbanianum Phoradendron lindavianum Phoradendron supravenulosum Phoradendron quinquenervium Phoradendron knoopii Phoradendron trisulcatum Phoradendron glyptoneurum Phoradendron reticulatum Phoradendron membranaceum Viscum macrophyllum Viscum flavens Phoradendron knoopii Phoradendron flavens Phoradendron flavens var. australe Phoradendron flavens var. longispicum
WorldFloraDB 2024