Phoradendron bolleanum, commonly called Bollean mistletoe,[1] is a species of plant in the sandalwood family that is native to the desert southwest, California and southern Oregon in the United States and Mexico.[2]
Phoradendron bolleanum | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Santalales |
Family: | Santalaceae |
Genus: | Phoradendron |
Species: | P. bolleanum
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Binomial name | |
Phoradendron bolleanum |
It is a hemiparasite found on trees in the genera Juniperus and Arbutus.[3]
References
edit- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Phoradendron bolleanum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Phoradendron bolleanum". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2019.
- ^ "Mistletoes of North American conifers". U.S. Forest Service - Treesearch. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 21 December 2019.