Taxon:
Phoradendron leucarpum (Raf.) Reveal & M. C. Johnst.
Summary
Place of publication:
Taxon 38:107. 1989
Comment:
- not homonym of Phoradendron leucocarpum Pacz. (1911)
- a proposal for rejection (nom. rej.) of the basionym Viscum leucarpum Raf. against the heterotypic synonym (Shenzhen ICN 14.4) V. serotinum Raf. has failed
Verified:
02/27/2019
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Abbott, J. R. & R. L. Thompson. 2011. New combinations in Phoradendron leucarcum (Viscaceae). J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 5:139-141. URL: http://www.brit.org/brit-press/jbrit/
- Applequist, W. L. 2012. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 64. Taxon 61:1110. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax Note: proposal not recommended
- Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
- Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California Note: = Phoradendron villosum
- Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
- Kuijt, J. 2003. Monograph of Phoradendron (Viscaceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 66:1-643. URL: http://herbarium.lsa.umich.edu/SBMweb/index.html Note: = Phoradendron serotinum var. serotinum
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. Note: = Phoradendron serotinum
- Mabberley, D. J. 2008. Mabberley's plant-book: a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses, ed. 3 658. Note: re. Christmas ornamental
- McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. Note: = Phoradendron tomentosum
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
- Musselman, L. J. 1996. Parasitic weeds in the Southern United States. Castanea 61:271-292.
- Nickrent, D. L. et al. 2010. (1986) Proposal to conserve the name Viscum serotinum (Phoradendron serotinum) against V. leucarpum (Viscaceae). Taxon 59:1903-1904. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
- Ogawa, J. M. et al., eds. 1995. Compendium of stone fruit diseases. The disease compendium series. 47. Note: = Phoradendron serotinum (Raf.) M. C. Johnst.
- Peck, M. 1941. A manual of the higher plants of Oregon. Note: = Phoradendron villosum
- Reveal, J. L. & M. C. Johnston. 1989. A new combination in Phoradendron (Viscaceae). Taxon 38:107-108. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
- Wiens, D. 1964. Revision of the acataphyllous species of Phoradendron. Brittonia 16:35-37. Note: = Phoradendron serotinum (Raf.) M. C. Johnst.
- Wilson, K. L. 2016. Report of the General Committee: 13. Taxon 65:381. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax Note: proposal not recommended
- 2018. Oklahoma vascular plant database URL: http://www.oklahomaplantdatabase.org/
Common names
English
American mistletoe – eastern mistletoe – hairy mistletoe – oak mistletoe – Pacific mistletoe – western mistletoe –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Illinois | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Missouri | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Nebraska | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Oklahoma | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Indiana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New Jersey | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Ohio | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Pennsylvania | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | West Virginia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Baja | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Chihuahua | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Coahuila de Zaragoza | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Durango | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Nuevo León | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | San Luis Potosí | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sinaloa | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sonora | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Tamaulipas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Zacatecas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Oregon | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | New Mexico | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Alabama | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Arkansas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Delaware | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Georgia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Kentucky | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maryland | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Mississippi | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | North Carolina | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | South Carolina | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Tennessee | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Virginia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Aguascalientes | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Guanajuato | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Michoacán de Ocampo | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Querétaro | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Arizona | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | Nevada | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Northern America
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NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Indiana, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia]
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma]
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NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Oregon]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [New Mexico, Texas]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Arizona, California, Nevada]
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Baja, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacán de Ocampo, Querétaro]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | Christmas decorations | Mabberley, D. J. 2008. Mabberley's plant-book: a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses, ed. 3 658. Note: re. Christmas ornamental |
Medicines | folklore | | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
Social | religious/secular | kissing may occur under this plant around the December holidays | Mabberley, D. J. 2008. Mabberley's plant-book: a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses, ed. 3 658. Note: re. Christmas ornamental |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | fide Kingsbury, as P. flavescens; Lampe & McCann, as P. tomentosum | Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants Note: poisonous |
Weed | parasite | | Musselman, L. J. 1996. Parasitic weeds in the Southern United States. Castanea 61:271-292. |
Weed | parasite | as Phoradendron tomentosum | Ogawa, J. M. et al., eds. 1995. Compendium of stone fruit diseases. The disease compendium series. 47. Note: = Phoradendron serotinum (Raf.) M. C. Johnst. |