Viscaceae

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Viscaceae

<<Flowers>Anthers>Locule number

1, 2, or numerous1
1. 006-003-001

<Flowers>Anthers

anthers isomorphic, sessile, with locules.2
2. 006-003

<Flowers>Male flowers

male flower with perianth segments around small central disk or prominence;3
3. 006-002

<Flowers>Merosity

2-4-merous4
4. 006-001

<Fruits>Seed number

1-seeded5
5. 007-001

Chromosomes

(x = 10, 11, 12, 13, 14).6
6. 008

Description

Leafy to squamate plants. Lacking epicortical roots, implanted by means of primary haustoria only, these often expanding by means of endophytic strands. Stems often (but inconspicuously) articulated at nodes, brittle. Leaves decussate. Monoecious or dioecious. Flowers sunken in inflorescence axis, unisexual, 2-4-merous, at least female without aborted organs of opposite sex; male flower with perianth segments around small central disk or prominence; anthers isomorphic, sessile, with 1, 2, or numerous locules. Fruit a 1-seeded berry. (x = 10, 11, 12, 13, 14).

Distribution

Guianas present, New World present, Old World present, tropical and/or temperate present
A rather large family of 7 genera, tropical and/or temperate, all genera except Arceuthobium (restricted to the Northern Hemisphere) being limited to either the Old World or the New World; 34 species in 2 genera in the Guianas.

Flowers

Flowers sunken in inflorescence axis, unisexual, , at least female without aborted organs of opposite sex;7
7. 006

Fruits

Fruit a berry.8
8. 007

Habit

Leafy to squamate plants.9
9. 001

Haustoria

Lacking epicortical roots, implanted by means of primary haustoria only, these often expanding by means of endophytic strands.10
10. 002

Individuals Association

Guyana, Görts-van Rijn, A.R.A., et al. 427 Cremers, G., et al. 14458 Guyana, Clarke, D., et al. 5865 Guyana, Kelloff, C.L., et al. 1021 Guyana, Maguire, B. et al. 27201 Guyana, Jansen-Jacobs, M.J., et al. 114 Guyana, Clarke, D., et al. 3253 Guyana, Cruz, J.S. de la 2833 Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. 11788 Guyana, Hitchcock, A.S. 16919 Guyana, Bartlett, A.W. 8439 Suriname, Focke, H.C. 989 Cremers, G., et al. 14865 Guyana, Pipoly, J.J., et al. 7998a Suriname, Samuels, J.A. 114 p.p. Guyana, Gillespie, L.J., et al. 2691 Guyana, Pipoly, J.J., et al. 10335 Guyana, Stoffers, A.L., et al. 146 Mori, S.A., et al. 18090 Guyana, Jansen-Jacobs, M.J., et al. 2055 Suriname, Maguire, B., et al. 54190 Guyana, Cruz, J.S. de la 1210 Guyana, Jansen-Jacobs, M.J., et al. 2976 Prévost, M.F. 3396 Guyana, Harrison, S.G., et al. 1140 Guyana, Im Thurn, E.F. s.n. Guyana, Clarke, D., et al. 808 Guyana, Knapp, S. & J. Mallet 2813 Guyana, Clarke, D., et al. 1410 Suriname, Wessels Boer, J.G. 273 Guyana, Gillespie, L.J., et al. 1057 Cremers, G., et al. 5061 Guyana, Clarke, D., et al. 6341 Guyana, Maguire, B. et al. 23136 Suriname, Evans, R. 1806 Suriname, Heyligers, P.C. 199 Guyana, Tillett, S.S., et al. 43964 Suriname, Focke, H.C. 281 Prance, G.T., et al. 30626 Guyana, McDowell, T., et al. 4015 Guyana, Clarke, D., et al. 5776 Granville, J.J. de, et al. 10015 Suriname, Maguire, B., et al. 23974 Guyana, Pipoly, J.J., et al. 7688 Suriname, Lanjouw, J. & J.C. Lindeman 1466 Guyana, Maas, P.J.M., et al. 3944 Guyana, Pipoly, J.J., et al. 11520 Granville, J.J. de, et al. 9933 Guyana, Pipoly, J.J., et al. 10899 Cremers, G., et al. 14866 Guyana, Clarke, D., et al. 1780 Suriname, Gonggrijp, J.W. s.n. Guyana, Smith, A.C. 2153 Guyana, Ek, R.C. 844 Suriname, Gonggrijp, J.W. & G. Stahel 1083 Guyana, Forest Department JB-23 Guyana, Clarke, D., et al. 5890 Guyana, Clarke, D., et al. 4488 Acevedo, P. 4883 Suriname, Samuels, J.A. 451 Suriname, Schulz, J.P. 10369a Suriname, Splitgerber, F.L. 241 Sagot, P.A. 296 Guyana, Cruz, J.S. de la 3429 Guyana, Mutchnick, P., et al. 1527 Guyana, Jenman, G.S. 4055 Guyana, Gleason, H.A. 267 Guyana, Hitchcock, A.S. 16920 Guyana, Maas, P.J.M., et al. 3607 Guyana, Jansen-Jacobs, M.J., et al. 1632 Billiet, F. & B. Jadin 6360 Patris, J.B. s.n. Guyana, Pipoly, J.J., et al. 7338 Guyana, Persaud 253 Guyana, Sandwith, N.Y. 1131 Hallé, F. 582 Guyana, Görts-van Rijn, A.R.A., et al. 347 Cremers, G., et al. 14372 Guyana, Stoffers, A.L., et al. 532 Guyana, Jansen-Jacobs, M.J., et al. 4914 Guyana, Cook, C.D.K. 38 Guyana, Hoffman, B., et al. 1891 Suriname, Irwin, H.S., et al. 55486A Guyana, Pipoly, J.J., et al. 11123 Foresta, H. de 460 Suriname, Maguire, B., et al. 24655 Guyana, Ule, E.H.G. 8599 Guyana, Fanshawe, D.B. 2738 Guyana, Acevedo, P., et al. 3494 Guyana, Hoffman, B., et al. 717 Guyana, Ule, E.H.G. 8601 Suriname, Focke, H.C. 716 Guyana, McDowell, T., et al. 2336 Suriname, Lindeman, J.C. 3690 Oldeman, R.A.A., et al. 1370 Fleury, M. 433 Guyana, Jenman, G.S. 2252 Guyana, Clarke, D., et al. 3754 Guyana, Sandwith, N.Y. 551 Guyana, Gleason, H.A. 470 Mori, S.A., et al. 14949 Suriname, Hawkins, T. 1893 Gentry, A., et al. 63182 Guyana, Im Thurn, E.F. 323 Guyana, Christenson, E., et al. 1875 Suriname, Lanjouw, J. & J.C. Lindeman 2825 Guyana, Jenman, G.S. 3868 Guyana, Mutchnick, P., et al. 1556 Guyana, Polak, A.M., et al. 150 Guyana, Hahn, W., et al. 4382 Guyana, Hoffman, B., et al. 3162 Maas, P.J.M., et al. 2209 Suriname, Lanjouw, J. & J.C. Lindeman 101 Mori, S.A., et al. 21077 Billiet, F. & B. Jadin 1729 Guyana, Sandwith, N.Y. 534 Guyana, Forest Department F-59 Guyana, Jenman, G.S. 650 Guyana, Mori, S.A., et al. 24600 Guyana, Hoffman, B., et al. 1932 Guyana, McDowell, T., et al. 4473 Guyana, Mutchnick, P., et al. 1383 Suriname, Lanjouw, J. & J.C. Lindeman 3473 Guyana, Pipoly, J.J., et al. 9585 Guyana, Clarke, D., et al. 5066 Suriname, Lanjouw, J. & J.C. Lindeman 1238 Guyana, Leechman, A. s.n. Guyana, Henkel, T.M., et al. 1146 Guyana, Tillett, S.S., et al. 45026 Guyana, Hoffman, B., et al. 919 Guyana, Cowan, R.S. & T.R. Soderstrom 2035 Guyana, Jansen-Jacobs, M.J., et al. 5413 Granville, J.J. de, et al. 4399 Guyana, Hahn, W., et al. 5123 Suriname, Samuels, J.A. 114 Guyana, Clarke, D., et al. 862 Guyana, Boom, B.M., et al. 7129 Guyana, Jenman, G.S. 7433 Guyana, Clarke, D., et al. 4593 Guyana, Jenman, G.S. 2545 Guyana, Pipoly, J.J., et al. 11144 Guyana, Tillett, S.S., et al. 44914 Guyana, Hoffman, B., et al. 2772 Cremers, G., et al. 7213 Guyana, Clarke, D., et al. 3023 Guyana, Jenman, G.S. 2541 Guyana, Graham, E.H. 535 Guyana, Tillett, S.S., et al. 45088 Guyana, Allison 150 Guyana, Clarke, D., et al. 5761 Suriname, Acevedo, P., et al. 6104 Suriname, Focke, H.C. 168 Guyana, Jenman, G.S. 3801 Guyana, Clarke, D., et al. 2974 Suriname, Versteeg, G.M. 901 Guyana, Cruz, J.S. de la 3518 Guyana, Pipoly, J.J., et al. 10889 Suriname, BW (Boschwezen) 2489 Granville, J.J. de, et al. 96 Mori, S.A., et al. 23977 Guyana, Im Thurn, E.F. 276 Guyana, Forest Department F-799 Guyana, Tillett, S.S., et al. 45737 Guyana, Stoffers, A.L., et al. 341 Suriname, Maas, P.J.M. & J.W. Tawjoeran 3351 Guyana, Acevedo, P., et al. 6046 Granville, J.J. de, et al. 8026 Guyana, Jansen-Jacobs, M.J., et al. 3637 Guyana, Hahn, W., et al. 3941 Cremers, G., et al. 6020 Suriname, Wessels Boer, J.G. 1120 Broadway, W.E. 612 Guyana, Hoffman, B., et al. 2401 Suriname, Stahel, G. 173 Guyana, Jenman, G.S. 2542 Guyana, Henkel, T.M., et al. 5728 Guyana, Pipoly, J.J., et al. 7942 Guyana, Knapp, S. & J. Mallet 2882 Guyana, Appun, C.F. 1783 Guyana, Jenman, G.S. 7528B Guyana, Jenman, G.S. 2532 Guyana, Cruz, J.S. de la 4266 Guyana, Maas, P.J.M., et al. 3604 Guyana, Tillett, S.S., et al. 45087 Suriname, Schulz, J.P. 7266 Jacquemin, H. 2720 Guyana, Jansen-Jacobs, M.J., et al. 2380 Guyana, Pipoly, J.J., et al. 10693 Guyana, Pipoly, J.J., et al. 10933 Cremers, G., et al. 9904 Granville, J.J. de, et al. 10529 Guyana, Hoffman, B., et al. 1631 Guyana, Pipoly, J.J., et al. 11510 Guyana, Pipoly, J.J., et al. 10320 Guyana, Clarke, D., et al. 5330 Guyana, Pipoly, J.J., et al. 10703 Guyana, Polak, A.M., et al. 365 Suriname, Focke, H.C. 1019 Oldeman, R.A.A., et al. B-1085 Guyana, Gillespie, L.J., et al. 1488 Guyana, Maas, P.J.M., et al. 5784 Cremers, G., et al. 15288 Guyana, Jansen-Jacobs, M.J., et al. 2905 Suriname, Geijskes, D.C. s.n. Guyana, Jenman, G.S. 7432 Guyana, Hahn, W., et al. 5543 Suriname, Lanjouw, J. & J.C. Lindeman 338 Guyana, Lanjouw, J. & J. van Donselaar 843 Guyana, Henkel, T.M., et al. 46 Guyana, Pipoly, J.J., et al. 11523 Guyana, Smith, A.C. 2967 Guyana, Henkel, T.M., et al. 59 Suriname, Wessels Boer, J.G. 704 Guyana, Pipoly, J.J., et al. 10708 Suriname, Sauvain, M. 217 Guyana, Hahn, W., et al. 5789 Guyana, Forest Department D-278 Guyana, Smith, A.C. 2318 Mori, S.A., et al. 22130 Suriname, Donselaar, J. van 1786 Richard, L.C. s.n. Cremers, G., et al. 13937 Guyana, Pipoly, J.J., et al. 9328 Guyana, Henkel, T.M., et al. 1142 Guyana, Gillespie, L.J., et al. 1727 Guyana, Ek, R.C. 652 Guyana, Henkel, T.M., et al. 817 Guyana, Forest Department G-189 Suriname, Lindeman, J.C. 5575 Guyana, Hoffman, B., et al. 1881 Guyana, Henkel, T.M., et al. 479 Guyana, Maguire, B. et al. 23134 Guyana, McDowell, T., et al. 2183 Suriname, Versteeg, G.M. 241 Guyana, Clarke, D., et al. 6797 Granville, J.J. de, et al. 9770 Guyana, Jansen-Jacobs, M.J., et al. 1105 Guyana, McDowell, T., et al. 2194 Guyana, Boom, B.M., et al. 7138 Guyana, Sandwith, N.Y. 691 Guyana, Pipoly, J.J., et al. 9659 Suriname, Samuels, J.A. 458 Suriname, Lindeman, J.C. 6266 Suriname, Irwin, H.S., et al. 55261 Guyana, Jenman, G.S. 2546 Suriname, Oldenburger, F.H.F., et al. 814 Suriname, Maguire, B., et al. 54147 Guyana, Jansen-Jacobs, M.J., et al. 3933a Guyana, Tillett, S.S., et al. 45512 Guyana, Jansen-Jacobs, M.J., et al. 4353 Guyana, Jansen-Jacobs, M.J., et al. 4170 Guyana, Pipoly, J.J., et al. 10158 Granville, J.J. de, et al. 12024 Guyana, Jansen-Jacobs, M.J., et al. 3590 Guyana, Granville, J.J. de, et al. 8026 Guyana, Hoffman, B., et al. 3363 Guyana, Cruz, J.S. de la 1125 Suriname, Boon, H.A. 1157 Guyana, Jenman, G.S. 2221 Guyana, Bailey, I.W. 132 Guyana, Stoffers, A.L., et al. 480 Guyana, Henkel, T.M., et al. 904 Guyana, Graham, E.H. 526 Guyana, Gillespie, L.J., et al. 783 Guyana, Maas, P.J.M., et al. 4074 Guyana, Acevedo, P., et al. 3403 Billiet, F. & B. Jadin 1732 Cremers, G., et al. 5552 Guyana, Davis, T.A.W. 1026 Guyana, Pipoly, J.J., et al. 7916 Guyana, Robertson, K.R. & D.F. Austin 265 Guyana, Irwin, H.S. 815 Guyana, Harrison, S.G., et al. 790 Guyana, Görts-van Rijn, A.R.A., et al. 399 Guyana, Hahn, W., et al. 4579 Guyana, Pipoly, J.J., et al. 10020 Guyana, Jansen-Jacobs, M.J., et al. 130 Guyana, Andel, T.R. van, et al. 1757 Grenand, P. 541 Guyana, Jansen-Jacobs, M.J., et al. 77 Guyana, Jansen-Jacobs, M.J., et al. 866 Guyana, Pipoly, J.J., et al. 7766 Guyana, Pipoly, J.J., et al. 9678 Guyana, Hoffman, B., et al. 3551 Guyana, Clarke, D., et al. 1159 Guyana, McDowell, T., et al. 3194 Guyana, Pipoly, J.J., et al. 9634 Guyana, Hahn, W., et al. 4673 Guyana, Clarke, D., et al. 5860 Guyana, Kvist, L.P., et al. 65 Cremers, G., et al. 14258 Guyana, Smith, A.C. 3345 Suriname, Focke, H.C. 586 Suriname, Lindeman, J.C., A.L. Stoffers et al. 812 Suriname, Jonker, F.P., et al. 74 Guyana, Jansen-Jacobs, M.J., et al. 3897 Guyana, Goodland, R. 1066 Guyana, Archer, W.A. 2262 Guyana, Tutin, T.G. 365 Mori, S.A., et al. 23287 Guyana, Jenman, G.S. 2218 Perrottet, G.S. 228 Guyana, McConnell, F.V. & J.J. Quelch 680 Guyana, Tutin, T.G. 25 Suriname, Splitgerber, F.L. 240 Guyana, Henkel, T.M., et al. 819 Granville, J.J. de, et al. 10077 Suriname, Pulle, A.A. 359 Suriname, Acevedo, P., et al. 5827 Suriname, Splitgerber, F.L. 816 Granville, J.J. de, et al. 10858 Guyana, Henkel, T.M., et al. 1875 Guyana, Pipoly, J.J., et al. 11072 Suriname, Teunissen, P.A. & J.Th. Wildschut LBB 11767 Suriname, Kramer, K.U. & W.H.A. Hekking 3026 Guyana, Jenman, G.S. 3781 Granville, J.J. de, et al. 10802 Guyana, Clarke, D., et al. 1851 Guyana, Henkel, T.M., et al. 5104 Guyana, Steege, H.S. ter, et al. 68 Guyana, Hoffman, B., et al. 3550 Cremers, G., et al. 13933 Billiet, F. & B. Jadin 1245 Guyana, Forest Department 6477 Suriname, Stahel, G. s.n. Guyana, Cook, C.D.K. 5 Guyana, Gillespie, L.J., et al. 1961 Guyana, Mutchnick, P., et al. 1469 Guyana, Clarke, D., et al. 4166 Guyana, Lang, H. & A.C. Persaud 300 Guyana, Jansen-Jacobs, M.J., et al. 3933 Jacquemin, H. 2592 Mori, S.A., et al. 22778 Guyana, Maas, P.J.M., et al. 4199 Stoupy s.n. Guyana, Pipoly, J.J., et al. 7430 Guyana, Jansen-Jacobs, M.J., et al. 4521 Suriname, Maguire, B., et al. 24008 Guyana, Pipoly, J.J., et al. 11010 Guyana, Cruz, J.S. de la 1159 Guyana, Clarke, D., et al. 4428 Cremers, G., et al. 9552 Guyana, Pipoly, J.J., et al. 7960 Suriname, Florschütz, P.A., et al. 907 Guyana, Clarke, D., et al. 1127 Granville, J.J. de, et al. 4160 Guyana, Maas, P.J.M., et al. 5763 Guyana, Henkel, T.M., et al. 2153 Guyana, Graham, E.H. 255 Guyana, McConnell, F.V. & J.J. Quelch 82 Guyana, Cowan, R.S. & T.R. Soderstrom 2129 Guyana, Boom, B.M., et al. 8296 Guyana, Steege, H.S. ter, et al. 188 Suriname, Geijskes, D.C. s.n. Suriname, Lanjouw, J. 580 Sauvain, M. 371 Guyana, Pipoly, J.J., et al. 8463 Guyana, Polak, A.M., et al. 73 Guyana, Cowan, R.S. & T.R. Soderstrom 2076 Guyana, Allison 149 Hoff, M. 6754 Guyana, Henkel, T.M., et al. 5264 Guyana, Forest Department F-2514 Guyana, Kelloff, C.L., et al. 616 Suriname, Heyde, N.M. & J.C. Lindeman 333 Guyana, Jansen-Jacobs, M.J., et al. 4545 Guyana, Jansen-Jacobs, M.J., et al. 4659 Broadway, W.E. 722 Guyana, Boom, B.M., et al. 9301 Suriname, Kramer, K.U. & W.H.A. Hekking 2770 Guyana, Cruz, J.S. de la 1848 Suriname, Lanjouw, J. & J.C. Lindeman 1416 Guyana, Ule, E.H.G. 8602 Suriname, Versteeg, G.M. 239 Guyana, Henkel, T.M., et al. 1403 Granville, J.J. de, et al. 8168 Guyana, Clarke, D., et al. 6902 Granville, J.J. de, et al. 6927 Guyana, McDowell, T., et al. 1750 Oldeman, R.A.A., et al. 204 Guyana, Forest Department F-730 Guyana, Gillespie, L.J., et al. 2932 Guyana, Hoffman, B., et al. 2771 Guyana, Jenman, G.S. 4821 Guyana, Harrison, S.G., et al. 1139 Suriname, Gonggrijp, J.W. 2045 Suriname, Mori, S.A., et al. 8402 Guyana, Henkel, T.M., et al. 584 Guyana, Tutin, T.G. 246 Guyana, Jenman, G.S. 3795

Leaves

Leaves decussate.11
11. 004

Plant sexuality

Monoecious or dioecious.12
12. 005

Stems

Stems often (but inconspicuously) articulated at nodes, brittle.13
13. 003

Taxonomy

  • Viscum fockeanum Miq.