LORANTHACEAE

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 72

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.302862
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scientific name	LORANTHACEAE
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XLIII. LORANTHACEAE View in CoL l

Small shrubs, hemiparasitic on Gymnosperms and woody Angiosperms. Leaves opposite or whorled, entire, sometimes scalelike. Flowers actinomorphic, unisexual (in European species), usually 4-merous; perianth in 1 or 2 whorls, the inner more or less petaloid, with the parts free or connate. Stamens epipetalous, opposite the petals. Ovary inferior; ovules usually not differentiated from the placenta; style simple or 0. Fruit a berry, rarely dry and dehiscent. Seed solitary, without testa; embryos 1-3.

1 Leaves scale-like, connate in pairs, forming a sheath round the stem; perianth in 1 whorl 3. Arceuthobium

1 Leaves not scale-like, not connate; perianth in 2 whorls

2 Inflorescence racemose or spicate 1. Loranthus

2 Inflorescencecymose,sessileorveryshortlypedunculate 2. Viscum