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Viscum Linn., Sp. Pl. 1023. 1753. Boiss., Fl. Or. 4: 1069. 1879; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 5: 223. 1885; Collett, Fl. Siml. 439. 1902; Talbot, For. Fl. 2: 404. 1911; Brandis, Ind. Trees, 551. 1911; Parsa, Fl. Iran. 4: 1197. 1949; Parker, For. Fl. Punj. ed. 3, 436. 1956; P.W. Ball in Tutin et al, Fl. Eur. 1: 72. 1964.
Plants dioecious, shrubby, glabrous; branches 2 or more per node. Leaves opposite, coriaceous, sometimes scale-like. Flowers small, unisexual, axillary or at the nodes. Perianth-tube short, 3-4 lobed; lobes deciduous or persistent. Stamens sessile, epiphyllous; anthers dehiscing by pores. Ovary inferior, adnate to the perianth-tube; placentation basal; stigma sessile or sub-sessile. Fruit a semi-transparent berry.
A semi-parasitic genus of 60-70 tropical and temperate species, mainly in Africa, Madagascar, China, India, Burma, Australia and the E.Indies. Represented in W. Pakistan by 2 species.
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Flowers in sessile heads. Bract ciliate. Berry white, sessile |
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Viscum album |
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Flowers in pedunculate heads. Bract not ciliate. Berry red, pedicellate |
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Viscum cruciatum |
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