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Accession Data:

Phoradendron leucarpum (Raf.) Reveal & M.C.Johnst.

  • Common Name: Eastern Mistletoe
  • Family: Santalaceae R.Br.

  • Country of Origin: southern US & Mexico
  • Habitat: hemiparasitic, in branches of trees

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900286
  • Source: Matt Opel
  • Provenance: 
    Matt Opel #289
North Carolina: Polk County: Tryon: Near Morgan Chapel Baptist Church on Hunting Country Road. 
35°12'22.9026"N, 082°10'57.0498"W.
  • Recorded Vouchers:
    1. Voucher CONN00226929 at George Safford Torrey Herbarium (CONN). Specimen collected 1 January 2019. Herbarium Image
  • Accession Date: 07-15-2019
  • Bench: 6001 - BPB:6000:Bench1
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 04-21-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Santalales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Santalaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Parastic Plant Species
  • Plants with Vouchers deposited in CONN
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Oregon / Illinois / Missouri / Nebraska / Oklahoma / Indiana / New Jersey / Ohio / Pennsylvania / West Virginia / Arizona / California / Nevada / New Mexico / Texas / Alabama / Arkansas / Delaware / Florida / Georgia / Kentucky / Louisiana / Maryland / Mississippi / North Carolina / South Carolina / Tennessee / Virginia / Mexico Northeast / Mexico Northwest / Mexico Southwest

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, 15 July, 2019.
  2. ARS-GRIN Taxonomy. Last accessed on Monday, 15 July, 2019.

data regenerated on Mon, 21 Apr 2025 10:57:01 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Santalaceae

  • Phoradendron leucarpum W/C
  • Viscum minimum
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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