Viscaceae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Viscaceae

mistletoe
tree destroyer

Hierarchical position of the Family Viscaceae

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Rosidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Santalanae Thorne ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.
  
   Ordo  Santalales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 13. 1829.
  
   Familia  Viscaceae Batsch
pub. Tab. Affin. Regni Veg.: 240. 2 Mai 1802.
common name: Common Mistletoes
  

Named members of the Family Viscaceae

1
   Genus  Allobium Miers
syn. Phoradendron Nutt.
2
   Tribus  Arceuthobieae Engl. in Engl. & Prantl
pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr.: 125, 137. Aug 1897.
 
3
   Genus  Arceuthobium M. Bieb.
pub. (1820)
common name: dwarf mistletoe
4
   Genus  Aspidixia Tiegh.
syn. Viscum L.
5
   Tribus  Bifarieae Tiegh.
pub. Bot. Jahresb. 24(2): 319. 1898.
 
6
   Genus  Bifaria Tiegh.
pub. (1896)
7
   Genus  Dendrophthora Eichler
common name: tree destroyer
8
   Genus  Distichella Tiegh.
syn. Dendrophthora Eichler
9
   Subfamilia  Ginallooideae Tiegh.
pub. Bot. Jahreb. 24(2): 292. 1898.
 
10
   Tribus  Ginalloeae Tiegh.
pub. Bot. Jahresb. 24(2): 319. 1898.
 
11
   Subtribus  Ginalloinae Engl. in Engl. & Prantl
pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr.: 125, 137. Aug 1897.
 
12
   Genus  Ginalloa Korth.
pub. (1839)
13
   Genus  Heterixia Tiegh.
syn. Korthalsella Tiegh.
14
   Subtribus  Korthalsellinae Engl. in Engl. & Prantl
pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr.: 125, 137. Aug 1897.
 
15
   Genus  Korthalsella Tiegh.
pub. (1896)
common name: korthal mistletoe
16
   Genus  Notothixos Oliv.
17
   Tribus  Phoradendreae Engl. in Engl. & Prantl
pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam. III, 1: 190. Mar 1889.
  
 
18
   Subtribus  Phoradendrinae Engl. in Engl. & Prantl
pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr.: 125, 137. Aug 1897.
  
 
19
   Genus  Phoradendron Nutt.
pub. (1848)
common name: mistletoe
  
20
   Genus  Razoumofskia Hoffm.
syn. Arceuthobium M.Bieb.
21
   Genus  Spiciviscum Engelm.
syn. Phoradendron Nutt.
22
   Subfamilia  Viscoideae Eichler in Mart.
pub. Fl. Bras. 5(2): 93. 15 Jul 1868.
  
 
23
   Tribus  Visceae Horan.
pub. Char. Ess. Fam.: 86. 1847.
  
 
24
   Genus  Viscum L.
pub. (1753)
common name: mistletoe
  

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

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