Viscum L. Viscum Viscum, Sieber ex Boiss.
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Viscum L. Viscum Viscum |
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2. Viscum L. 2
Leaves opposite or whorled, with 3-7 parallel veins, coriaceous. Inflorescence cymose, the flowers crowded. Perianth in 2 whorls. Calyx 4-toothed in female flowers, absent in male flowers. Petals usually 4. Stamens almost completely connate with the petals; anthers opening by pores. Fruit a white, yellow or red, viscid berry.
Literature: K. F. von Tubeuf, Monographie der Mistel. München. 1923.
Inflorescence shortly pedunculate; berry red 1. cruciatum Inflorescence sessile; berry white or yellow 2. album
1. V. cruciatum Sieber ex Boiss. View in CoL , Voy. Bot. Midi Esp. 2: 274 (1839).
Stem up to 60 cm, yellowish-green. Leaves 2-4 cm, often whorled, obovate-oblong, obtuse, yellowish-green. Cymesshortly pedunculate. Berry 6-10 mm, red. On various dicotyledonous trees and shrubs. S. W. Spain, just extending to S. Portugal. Hs Lu. (N. Africa, Asia Minor.)
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Viscum L. Viscum Viscum
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1964 |
V. cruciatum
| Sieber ex Boiss. 1839: 274 |