Dendrophthoe


Dendrophthoe is a genus of hemiparasitic shrubs found in Asia and Australia known as mistletoes. The genus was described by German naturalist Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius in 1830. Species in this genus have a variety of reported uses in the medical traditions of the region, most notably in Nepal.

Species

Plants of the World Online lists the following:Dendrophthoe acacioides Tiegh.Dendrophthoe carinata DanserDendrophthoe clementis DanserDendrophthoe constricta DanserDendrophthoe copelandii DanserDendrophthoe costulata Miq.Dendrophthoe curvata Miq.Dendrophthoe falcata Ettingsh.Dendrophthoe flosculosa DanserDendrophthoe fulva Miq.Dendrophthoe fuscata Miq.Dendrophthoe gangliiformis BarlowDendrophthoe gjellerupii DanserDendrophthoe glabrescens BarlowDendrophthoe haenkeana Mart.Dendrophthoe hallieri DanserDendrophthoe homoplastica DanserDendrophthoe incarnata Miq.Dendrophthoe kerrii BarlowDendrophthoe lanosa DanserDendrophthoe ligulatus Tiegh.Dendrophthoe locellata DanserDendrophthoe loheri DanserDendrophthoe lonchiphylla DanserDendrophthoe longituba DanserDendrophthoe luzonensis G.DonDendrophthoe malifolia Miq.Dendrophthoe mearnsii DanserDendrophthoe memecylifolia DanserDendrophthoe mirifica DanserDendrophthoe neelgherrensis Tiegh.Dendrophthoe odontocalyx Tiegh.Dendrophthoe pauciflora DanserDendrophthoe pelagica BarlowDendrophthoe pentandra Miq.Dendrophthoe pentapetala G.DonDendrophthoe praelonga Miq.Dendrophthoe quadrifida DanserDendrophthoe × rimituba BarlowDendrophthoe sarcophylla DanserDendrophthoe suborbicularis DanserDendrophthoe timorana BarlowDendrophthoe trichanthera BarlowDendrophthoe villosa DanserDendrophthoe vitellina Tiegh.