Common Name: MISTLETOE FAMILY Habit: Perennial herb, shrub, generally +- green, parasitic on aboveground parts of woody plants; dioecious [monoecious]. Stem: brittle; 2° branches generally many. Leaf: simple, entire, opposite, 4-ranked, with blade or scale-like (then each pair generally fused). Inflorescence: spikes or cymes, axillary or terminal; bracts opposite, 4-ranked, scale-like, each pair fused. Flower: unisexual, radial, 2--4 mm; perianth parts in 1 series. Staminate Flower: perianth parts 3--4(7); anthers generally sessile, opposite and generally on perianth parts. Pistillate Flower: perianth parts generally 2--4; ovary inferior, 1-chambered, style unbranched, stigma +- obscure. Fruit: berry, shiny. Seed: 1(2), without thickened coat, gelatinous. Genera In Family: 7 genera, +- 450 species: tropics, generally northern temperate. Toxicity: All parts of most members may be TOXIC. Note: Sometimes included in Loranthaceae; parasitic on plants in many other families. eFlora Treatment Author: Job Kuijt Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
Common Name: DWARF MISTLETOE Habit: Perennial herb, shrub, glabrous. Stem: generally < 20 cm, +- angled at least when young, +- yellow, +- green, brown, purple; branches whorled or in 1 plane. Leaf: < 1 mm, scale-like. Inflorescence: generally spikes, peduncle short; flowers generally opposite, 4-ranked, less often whorled or 1, terminal. Staminate Flower: perianth parts generally 3--4; anthers +- 1-chambered. Pistillate Flower: perianth parts 2, persistent, minute. Fruit: generally 2--5 mm, broadly fusiform-spheric, 2-colored (1 color below, 1 above); pedicel short, recurved; seeds projected to 15 m by fruit explosion. Etymology: (Greek: juniper, life) Note: Most important of timber pathogens; most species cause abnormal branching (witches' brooms) in hosts. Recent molecular studies support reunification of many western North American species under Arceuthobium campylopodum. eFlora Treatment Author: Job Kuijt Reference: Nickrent et al. 2004 Amer J Bot 91:125--138
Arceuthobium campylopodum Engelm.
NATIVE Stem: 3--14 cm, 1--6 mm wide at base, yellow, olive-green, or brown. Seed: mature Aug--Dec. Chromosomes: n=14. Ecology: Common. Conifer forest, on Abies, Pinus (except Pinus contorta subsp. murrayana), Tsuga, rarely Picea; Elevation: < 2800 m. Bioregional Distribution: NW, CaR, SN, CW, TR, PR, GB, DMtns; Distribution Outside California: to southeastern Alaska, Montana, Colorado, New Mexico, northern Baja California. Flowering Time: Generally Jul--Nov Synonyms: Arceuthobium abietinum (Engelm.) Hawksw. & Wiens; Arceuthobium californicum Hawksw. & Wiens; Arceuthobium cyanocarpum J.M. Coult. & A. Nelson; Arceuthobium divaricatum Engelm.; Arceuthobium littorum Hawksw., Wiens, & Nickrent; Arceuthobium monticola Hawksw., Wiens, & Nickrent; Arceuthobium occidentale Engelm.; Arceuthobium siskiyouense Hawksw., Wiens, & Nickrent; Arceuthobium tsugense (Rosend.) G.N. Jones; Arceuthobium tsugense subsp. contortae Wass & Mathiasen; Arceuthobium tsugense subsp. mertensianae Hawksw. & Nickrent; Arceuthobium tsugense subsp. tsugense Jepson eFlora Author: Job Kuijt Reference: Nickrent et al. 2004 Amer J Bot 91:125--138 Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Arceuthobium americanum Next taxon: Arceuthobium douglasii
Botanical illustration including Arceuthobium campylopodum
Citation for this treatment: Job Kuijt 2012, Arceuthobium campylopodum, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=13881, accessed on December 03, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on December 03, 2024.
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