Santalaceae

Viscum L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1023 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Old World.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Aldabra, Algeria, Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Borneo, Botswana, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Republic, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, Djibouti, DR Congo, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Free State, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan, Jawa, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kriti, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, North Caucasus, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Queensland, Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sicilia, Society Is., Somalia, South European Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan-South Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tuamotu, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Uganda, Ukraine, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

British Columbia, California, Ireland

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 6, 1: 393.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 448 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl. 2: 1023 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by R.M. Polhill & D. Wiens [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 448 (1754)
  • Polh. & Wiens, Mistletoes Afr.: 279 (1998)
  • Sp. Pl.: 1023 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0