Santalaceae
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Santalaceae is a widely distributed family of flowering plant
s which, like other members of Santalales, are partially parasitic on other plants. Modern treatments of the Santalaceae include the family Viscaceae
(mistletoe
s), previously considered distinct.
The APG II system
of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system
, of 1998) recognises the family and assigns it to the order Santalales
in the clade core eudicots. However, the circumscription by APG is much wider than accepted by previous classifications, including the plants earlier treated in families Eremolepidaceae and Viscaceae
. It includes about 1,000 species.
Genera
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s which, like other members of Santalales, are partially parasitic on other plants. Modern treatments of the Santalaceae include the family Viscaceae
Viscaceae
Viscaceae is a family of flowering plants. In past decades, several systems of plant taxonomy recognized this family, notably the 1981 Cronquist system...
(mistletoe
Mistletoe
Mistletoe is the common name for obligate hemi-parasitic plants in several families in the order Santalales. The plants in question grow attached to and within the branches of a tree or shrub.-Mistletoe in the genus Viscum:...
s), previously considered distinct.
The APG II system
APG II system
The APG II system of plant classification is the second, now obsolete, version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy that was published in April 2003 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. It was a revision of the first APG system, published in 1998, and was superseded in 2009...
of 2003 (unchanged from the APG system
APG system
The APG system of plant classification is the first, now obsolete, version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy that was published in 1998 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. It was superseded in 2003 by a revision, the APG II system, and then in 2009 by a further...
, of 1998) recognises the family and assigns it to the order Santalales
Santalales
Santalales is an order of flowering plants with a cosmopolitan distribution, but heavily concentrated in tropical and subtropical regions.Most have seeds without a testa, which is unusual for flowering plants...
in the clade core eudicots. However, the circumscription by APG is much wider than accepted by previous classifications, including the plants earlier treated in families Eremolepidaceae and Viscaceae
Viscaceae
Viscaceae is a family of flowering plants. In past decades, several systems of plant taxonomy recognized this family, notably the 1981 Cronquist system...
. It includes about 1,000 species.
Genera
- AcanthosyrisAcanthosyrisAcanthosyris is a genus of plant in family Santalaceae. It contains the following species:* Acanthosyris annonagustata* Acanthosyris asipapote...
- Amphorogyne
- Antholobus
- ArceuthobiumArceuthobiumThe genus Arceuthobium, commonly called Dwarf Mistletoes, is a genus of 42 species of parasitic plants that parasitize members of Pinaceae and Cupressaceae in North America, Central America, Asia and Africa. Of the 42 species, 39 and 21 are endemic to North America and the United States, respectively...
- Arjona
- Austroamericium
- Buckleya
- CervantesiaCervantesiaCervantesia is a genus of plants in the family Santalaceae. It contains 5 species distributed from Colombia to Bolivia.-External links:*...
Ruiz & Pavón - ChoretrumChoretrumChoretrum is a genus of shrubs and small trees in the sandalwood family, Santalaceae. The genus is endemic to Australia.Species include:*Choretrum candollei F.Muell. ex Benth. - White Sour Bush*Choretrum chrysanthum F.Muell....
R.Br.Robert Brown (botanist)Robert Brown was a Scottish botanist and palaeobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope... - Cladomyza
- Colpoon
- ComandraComandraThe genus Comandra contains a single species, C. umbellata, with 4 sub-species distributed in North America and the Mediterranean. C...
Nutt.Thomas NuttallThomas Nuttall was an English botanist and zoologist, who lived and worked in America from 1808 until 1841.... - Daenikera
- Dendromyza
- Dendrophthora
- Dendrotrophe
- Dufrenoya
- ExocarposExocarposExocarpos is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees in the sandalwood family, Santalaceae. They are found throughout Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands....
Pers.Christian Hendrik PersoonChristiaan Hendrik Persoon was a mycologist who made additions to Linnaeus' mushroom taxonomy.-Early life:... - GeocaulonGeocaulonGeocaulon is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Santalaceae containing the single species Geocaulon lividum, which is known by the common names northern comandra and false toadflax...
- GinalloaGinalloaGinalloa is a genus of parasitic Mistletoes found in southern and south-eastern Asia. The various species are found in the Andaman Islands and Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Malaysia, the island of Borneo, the island of Java and Papua province in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, including the Bismarck...
- Jodina
- KorthalsellaKorthalsellaKorthalsella is a genus of flowering plants in the sandalwood family, Santalaceae . It contains about 25 species distributed in Asia, Africa, Australia, and some Pacific Islands.-Selected species:...
Tiegh. - Kunkeliella
- LeptomeriaLeptomeriaLeptomeria is a botanical name of a genus of flowering plants, endemic to Australia.Species include:*Leptomeria acida R.Br. - Native Currant, Sour Currant Bush*Leptomeria aphylla R.Br.*Leptomeria axillaris R.Br....
- Mida
- Myoschilos
- Nanodea
- Nestronia
- Notothixos
- OkoubakaOkoubakaOkoubaka is a genus of tall forest tree native to west and central tropical Africa. It consists of two species, plus a third species or variety. Its name is from the Anyin language meaning a tree with allelopathic properties, or a tree that causes the death of surrounding vegetation. The tree...
Pellegr. & Normand - Omphacomeria
- Osyridocarpos
- OsyrisOsyrisOsyris is a genus of plants in the family, Santalaceae, one of the many genera known as Sandalwoods.The species of this genus are mostly hemi-parasitic, meaning that although they can survive and grow by themselves, they will also opportunistically tap into the root systems of nearby plants and...
- Phacellaria
- PhoradendronPhoradendronPhoradendron is a genus of mistletoes, native to warm temperate and tropical regions of the Americas. Traditionally, the genus has been placed in the family Viscaceae, but recent genetic research acknowledged by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group shows this family to be correctly placed within a larger...
Nutt. - Pilgerina
- Pyrularia
- Quinchamalium
- Rhoiacarpos
- SantalumSantalumSantalum is a genus of woody flowering plants, the best known and commercially valuable of which is the Indian Sandalwood tree, S. album. Members of the genus are trees or shrubs. Most are root parasites which photosynthesize their own food but tap the roots of other species for water and...
L. - ScleropyrumScleropyrumScleropyrum is a genus of plant in family Santalaceae. It contains the following species :* Scleropyrum wallichianum, Arn....
- Spirogardnera
- Staufferia
- Thesidium
- ThesiumThesiumThesium is a genus of plants in the family Santalaceae. It contains about 325 species distributed on all Old World continents, but is most diverse in South Africa....
L. - ViscumViscumViscum is a genus of about 70-100 species of mistletoes, native to temperate and tropical regions of Europe, Africa, Asia and Australasia. Traditionally, the genus has been placed in its own family Viscaceae, but recent genetic research by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group shows this family to be...
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