Genus
Phoradendron (Leafy mistletoes)
Phoradendron villosum. Photo: (c) Anne Parsons, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Phoradendron is a genus of mistletoes, native to warm temperate and tropical regions of the Americas. The center of diversity is the Amazon rainforest. Traditionally, the genus has been placed in the family Viscaceae, but recent genetic research acknowledged by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group shows this family to be correctly placed within a larger circumscription of the sandalwood family, Santalaceae.
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