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[ Lopriorea ] [ Loranthus ] [ Lordhowea ]

Hierarchical position of the Genus Loranthus

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.       Subordo  Loranthineae Engl. pub. Syllabus, ed. 2: 106. Mai 1898.    Familia  Loranthaceae Juss. pub. Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 12: 292. 1808. common name: Showy Mistletoes    Subfamilia  Loranthoideae Eaton pub. Bot. Dict., ed. 4: 37. Apr-Mai 1836.    Tribus  Lorantheae Rchb. pub. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 1(3): 203. Jul-Dec 1831.    Subtribus  Loranthinae Engl. in Engl. & Prantl pub. Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr.: 125, 127. Aug 1897.    Genus  Loranthus Jacq. pub. (1762)

Named members of the Genus Loranthus

1	Species  piperoides Kunth syn. Phoradendron piperoides
2	Species  quadrangularis Kunth syn. Phoradendron quadrangulare

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.