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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Viscaceae

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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