Dendrophthoe glabrescens

Dendrophthoe glabrescens, commonly known as smooth mistletoe or orange mistletoe, is a hemiparasitic plant of the mistletoe family Loranthaceae, found in eastern^[4] and northern Australia.^[5] It flowers from October to January.^[4] The flowers are tubular, with a green base, but where the tube splits open, it displays orange and bright red.^[4]

Smooth mistltoe
Conservation status
Least Concern (NCA)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Santalales
Family:	Loranthaceae
Genus:	Dendrophthoe
Species:	D. glabrescens
Binomial name
Dendrophthoe glabrescens (Blakely) Barlow[2][3]
Synonyms
Loranthus vitellinus var. glabrescens Blakely[2]

Taxonomy

It was first described in 1925 as Loranthus vitellinus var. glabrescens by William Blakely,^[2][6] and in 1962 was transferred to the genus, Dendrophthoe, and raised to species status by Bryan Barlow.^[2][3]