Smooth mistltoe | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Santalales |
Family: | Loranthaceae |
Genus: | Dendrophthoe |
Species: | D. glabrescens
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Binomial name | |
Dendrophthoe glabrescens | |
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Dendrophthoe glabrescens, commonly known as smooth mistletoe or orange mistletoe, is a hemiparasitic plant of the mistletoe family Loranthaceae, found in eastern[4] and northern Australia.[5] It flowers from October to January.[4] The flowers are tubular, with a green base, but where the tube splits open, it displays orange and bright red.[4]
It was first described in 1925 as Loranthus vitellinus var. glabrescens by William Blakely,[2][6] and in 1962 was transferred to the genus, Dendrophthoe, and raised to species status by Bryan Barlow.[2][3]