Dendrophthora
Dendrophthora, the tree destroyers, is a genus of flowering plants in the sandalwood family Santalaceae, native to tropical and subtropical Latin America and the Caribbean. They are hemiparasitic mistletoes that grow on a wide variety of host plants.
Dendrophthora | |
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Dendrophthora costaricensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Santalales |
Family: | Santalaceae |
Tribe: | Visceae |
Genus: | Dendrophthora Eichler |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
Distichella Tiegh. |
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