Viscum album

Viscum album

Taxonavigation

Classification System: APG III (down to family level)

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Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Santalales
Familia: Santalaceae
Genus: Viscum
Species: Viscum album
Subspecies: V. a. subsp. abietis - V. a. subsp. album - V. a. subsp. coloratum - V. a. subsp. creticum - V. a. subsp. meridianum

Name

Viscum album L. (1753)

Notes

[junior homonym]

• • Viscum album Walter (1788) = Phoradendron leucarpum (Raf.) Reveal & M.C.Johnst.
  • Viscum album Webb (1838) = Viscum cruciatum Sieber ex Spreng.

References

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 1023.
• Viscum album in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

English: European mistletoe
Español: Muérdago blanco
日本語: ヤドリギ
Polski: Jemioła pospolita
Svenska: Mistel
Tiếng Việt: Cây tầm gửi Châu Âu
Türkçe: Ökse otu

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