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Arceuthobium oxycedri

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Arceuthobium oxycedri
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Arceuthobium oxycedri, juniper dwarf mistletoe, is a hemiparasite of the family Santalaceae. It parasitizes members of the genus Juniperus, especially Juniperus oxycedrus and Juniperus communis.[2]

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Description

The juniper mistletoe is small in size averaging between 2 and 15 cm. This dioecious plant has a very small stem and the leaves consist of small sheets with sessile flowers. It is distributed throughout much of Europe, Asia and parts of northern Africa.[3]

Taxonomy

Arceuthobium oxycedri was described by Friedrich August von Marschall Bieberstein and published in Flora Tauric-Caucasica 3: 629, in 1819.[4]

Synonyms

  • Arceuthobium juniperi Bubani
  • Razoumofskya oxycedri ( DC. ) FWSchultz ex Nyman
  • Caucasica Razoumowskia sloth. former M.Bieb.
  • Razoumowskia oxycedri (DC.) FWSchultz
  • Viscum caucasicum Steud.
  • Viscum oxycedri DC.[5]

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