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Arceuthobium M. Bieb., Fl. Taur. Cauc. Suppl. 3: 629. 1819. Boiss., Fl. Or. 4: 1068. 1879; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 5: 227. 1885; Brandis, Ind. Trees, 552. 1911; Parsa, Fl. Iran. 4: 1198. 1949; Parker, For. Fl. Punj. ed. 3, 438. 1956; P.W. Ball in Tutin et al, Fl. Eur. 1 : 73. 1964.
Plants green, semi-parasitic on tree-trunks and branches, dioecious, dichotomously branched, branches jointed. Leaves scale-like. Flowers minute, unisexual; bract cup-shaped. Male perianth 2-5 lobed; anthers sessile, single-lobed. Female perianth 2-lobed, tubular below. Ovary inferior. Fruit a berry. Seed 1, surrounded by mucilage.
A genus of 15 species, distributed in N. America, W. Indies, Medit¬erranean region, China, Malaya, Java and India. Represented in W. Pakistan by 2 species.
Lower Taxa
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