Angled Mistletoe (Phoradendron trinervium)
Description
Rather small, leafy plants; twigs quadrangular, becoming terete; internodes at first somewhat flattened to quadangular, to 6 cm long; basal cataphylls extremely inconspicuous, sometimes with a second pair 0.3-0.6 cm higher. Petiole not or scarcely distinguishable; blade rather thick, spatulate to elliptical, to 5 x 2 cm, base cuneate; usually 3 prominent palmate veins of about same length. Inflorescence to 2.5 cm long in fruit; peduncle simple, 0.1-0.4 cm long, or 0.5-0.7 cm long when subtended by a low pair of sterile bracts; fertile internodes 2 or 3, with 3-5 flowers per bract in 2-seriate pattern. Fruit dull orange, ovoid, relatively large, 0.5 x 0.3 cm, with rather narrow tip when dry, perianth segments more or less spreading or erect.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Santalales
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Family: Santalaceae
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Genus: Phoradendron
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