Flora of New York/Santalales
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The Santalales is a largely parasitic order of plants. The only one of its families that is known to have native or naturalized members in New York is the Santalaceae.
Family Santalaceae
[edit | edit source]The Santalaceae (sandalwood family) ...[1]
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Comandra clade
[edit | edit source]Also treated as the Comandraceae[1] (bastard-toadflax family), this group contains only the two species bastard toadflax (Comandra umbellata) and false toadflax (Geocaulon lividum), both of which are native to New York.
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Comandra
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Genus Comandra | Bastard-toadflax | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(L.) Nutt. ssp. umbellata 1753. Thesium umbellatum L. 1818. Comandra umbellata Nutt. 1905. Comandra richardsiana Fernald 1982. C. umbellatassp. richardsiana Á&D.Löve |
Bastard toadflax | Native, Secure |
NYFA: 5 |
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Geocaulon
[edit | edit source]Genus Geocaulon | False-toadflax | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(Richardson) Fernald 1823. Comandra livida Richardson 1921. Geocaulon lividum Fernald |
False toadflax | Native, Endangered |
NYFA: 1 |
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Cervantesia clade
[edit | edit source]Also treated as the family Cervantesiaceae,[1] this is a group of parasitic flowering plants. Its only native or naturalized New York genus is Pyrularia.
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Pyrularia
[edit | edit source]Pyrularia contains two species native to the Himalayas of China and one native to the southeastern United States. Buffalonut (Pyrularia pubera) is a root-parasitic shrub, Native to the Appalachians and foothills from Southern Pennsylvania to Alabama and Georgia.[1] It appears to have naturalized on Long Island.
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Genus Pyrularia | Buffalo-nut | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
Michx. 1803. Pyrularia pubera Michx. |
Buffalo-nut, Oil-nut |
Introduced, US South native |
NYFA: Xm |
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Viscum clade
[edit | edit source]Also treated as the family Viscaceae or tribe Visceae,[1] this group contains seven genera worldwide, two of which have single New York native species. These are branch parasites
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Arceuthobium
[edit | edit source]Arceuthobium pusillum or dwarf mistletoe parasitizes the branches of spruce, pine, and tamarack trees and is one of many causes for the deformations known as "witches brooms" seen on those trees.
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Genus Arceuthobium | Dwarf-mistletoe | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
Peck 1872. Arceuthobium pusillum Peck 1891. Razoumofskya pusilla Kuntze |
Dwarf mistletoe, Eastern dwarf-mistletoe |
Native, Vulnerable |
NYFA: 3? |
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Phoradendron
[edit | edit source]American mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum) is believed to be native to Staten Island where it was reported growing on blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica) trees until sometime prior to 1879. It is now considered to be extirpated from New York State.
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Genus Phoradendron | Mistletoe | N.Y. Status | Images | Distribution | NY NPT |
(Raf.) Reveal & M.C.Johnst. 1817. Viscum leucarpum Raf. [1]1820. Viscum serotinum Raf. 1911. non P. leucocarpum Pacz. 1957. P. serotinum M.C.Johnst. 1989. P. leucarpum Reveal & M.C.Johnst. |
American mistletoe, Oak mistletoe, Eastern mistletoe, Hairy mistletoe |
Native, Extirpated |
NYFA: Z |
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