Loranthaceae

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Loranthus is a genus of parasitic plants that grow on the branches of woody trees. It belongs to the family Loranthaceae, the showy mistletoe family. In most earlier systematic treatments it contains all mistletoe species with bisexual flowers, though some species have reversed to unisexual flowers. Other treatments restrict the genus to a few species. The systematic situation of Loranthus is not entirely clear.

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Lysiana is a genus of hemiparasitic shrubs endemic to Australia, in the family Loranthaceae.

Taxillus（Chinese : 桑寄生） is a plant genus in the mistletoe family: Loranthaceae.

Struthanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Loranthaceae.

Aetanthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.

Phragmanthera is a genus of plants in the family Loranthaceae, the showy mistletoes. It is native to Africa and temperate Asia. The genus contains 35 species.

Elytranthe is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.

Cladocolea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.

Scurrula is a genus of parasitic shrubs in the family Loranthaceae, native to south-east Asia.

Actinanthella is a small genus of hemiparasitic shrubs in the Loranthaceae family. They are found in Sub-Saharan Africa, specifically in Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Nuytsia floribunda is a hemiparasitic tree found in Western Australia. The species is known locally as the Christmas tree or Western Australian Christmas tree. The display of intensely bright flowers during the austral summer coincides with the Christmas season.

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Peraxilla is a genus of two showy mistletoe species from New Zealand.

Oncocalyx is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.

Spragueanella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.

Dactyliophora is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.

Helixanthera is moderately sized genus in the showy mistletoe family, Loranthaceae. It has over 40 species from tropical Africa, southern Asia and Malesia. The genus was described already 1790 by the Portuguese botanist João de Loureiro in his Flora Cochinchinensis. A new species, Helixanthera schizocalyx, was described in 2010.

Sogerianthe is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.

Tristerix is a genus of mistletoe in the family Loranthaceae, native to the Andes, ranging from Colombia and Ecuador to Chile and Argentina. They are woody perennials usually occurring as aerial parasites, are pollinated by hummingbirds and flowerpiercers, with seed-dispersal generally by birds but occasionally by mammals (Dromiciops). The genus is distinguished from other New World Loranthaceae by its simple, terminal, racemose inflorescences, together with its of 4- or 5-merous flowers, versatile anthers, and the presence of endosperm. Further differences include fused cotyledons and the abs

Plicosepalus is a genus of hemiparasitic flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.

Lepidaria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.

Oncella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.

Erianthemum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.

Tolypanthus is a genus of plants in the family Loranthaceae.

Globimetula is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.

Macrosolen is a genus of plants in the family Loranthaceae. It includes about 83 species all over the world with ca. 40 species widely distributed in tropical South and Southeast Asia. Some species were described by de Loureiro (1790, as Loranthus), Lecomte (1915, as Elytranthe), Danser (1938) and Hô (2003).

Diplatia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.

Vanwykia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.

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Oedina is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.

Oryctanthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.

Lepeostegeres is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.

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Englerina is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.

Septulina is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.

Oryctina is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.

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Oliverella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.

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Trithecanthera is a genus of showy mistletoes in the family Loranthaceae. It contains approximately 5 species in the Malesian region of South East Asia. The genus includes the species described within the genus Kingella as Kingella scortechinii.

Passovia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.

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Socratina is genus of three showy mistletoe species in Madagascar. The genus was described by the Belgian botanist Simone Balle in Flora de Madagascar, 1964, and was revised by Martin Callmander and co-workers in 2014. It contains three species.

Tripodanthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.

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Gaiadendron is a genus of parasitic shrubs or trees in the family Loranthaceae. It solely comprises the species Gaiadendron punctatum, which is found in North and South America.

Phthirusa is a South American genus of parasitic shrubs in the family Loranthaceae.

African mistletoe species

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Dendropemon is a genus of mistletoes which is endemic to the Caribbean. Members of the genus are hemi-parasites which normally grow on trees and shrubs, although self-parasitism is known to occur. The approximately 31 species range from The Bahamas and Cuba in the north and west, to Barbados and St. Vincent in the southwest. Diversity and endemism is highest on the island of Hispaniola.

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Pusillanthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.