Dendrophthora, the tree destroyers, is a genus of flowering plants in the sandalwood family Santalaceae, native to tropical and subtropical Latin America and the Caribbean.[2] They are hemiparasitic mistletoes that grow on a wide variety of host plants.[3]

Dendrophthora
Dendrophthora costaricensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Santalaceae
Tribe: Visceae
Genus: Dendrophthora
Eichler[1]
Species

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Synonyms[2]

Distichella Tiegh.

Species

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Currently accepted species include:[2]

References

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  1. ^ C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 5(2): 102 (1868)
  2. ^ a b c "Dendrophthora Juss". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  3. ^ Canelón, Daniela S.; Niño, Santos M.; Dorr, Laurence J.; Caraballo-Ortiz, Marcos A. (2020). "Two new species of Dendrophthora (Viscaceae) from the Venezuelan Andes". PhytoKeys (140): 1–10. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.140.48865. PMC 7021731. PMID 32095101.1-10&rft.date=2020&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7021731#id-name=PMC&rft_id=info:pmid/32095101&rft_id=info:doi/10.3897/phytokeys.140.48865&rft.aulast=Canelón&rft.aufirst=Daniela S.&rft.au=Niño, Santos M.&rft.au=Dorr, Laurence J.&rft.au=Caraballo-Ortiz, Marcos A.&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7021731&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Dendrophthora" class="Z3988">