Arceuthobium oxycedri
| Juniper dwarf mistletoe | |
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| Arceuthobium oxycedri | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Santalaceae |
| Genus: | Arceuthobium |
| Species: | A. oxycedri |
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Arceuthobium oxycedri (DC.) M.Bieb. |
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Arceuthobium oxycedri, juniper dwarf mistletoe, is a hemiparasite of the Santalaceae family. It parasitizes members of the Juniperus genus, especially Juniperus oxycedrus and Juniperus communis.
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.
Arceuthobium oxycedri was described by Friedrich August von Marschall Bieberstein and published in Flora Tauric-Caucasica 3: 629, in 1819.
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