Phoradendron quadrangulare
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Description
Plants often rather small, glabrous, erect; internodes sharply quadrangular at least when young; basal cataphylls 1, nearly axillary, inconspicuous. Petiole indistinct; blade obovate to lanceolate-spatulate, 2-5 cm, apex rounded, base cuneate. Monoecious. Inflorescence to 2.5 cm or more, 1-3 in leaf axils, mostly lacking sterile bracts; fertile internodes 3-6; flowers mostly to 9 per fertile bract, 2-seriate. Fruit yellow or slightly orange (not red), spherical, 0.2-0.3 cm in diam., perianth segments closed.
Distribution
Argentina present, C America present, French Guiana present, Greater Antilles present, Northern America, Southern America: Bolivia (Bolivia present), Suriname present, northern Paraguay present, south to amazonian Peru present
Probably the most widespread of all American mistletoes, ranging from Mexico, C America, the Greater Antilles, south to amazonian Peru and Bolivia and northern Paraguay and Argentina, surprisingly not yet recorded from Suriname or French Guiana; 1000+ collections studied (GU: 2).