Viscum album L.
Distribution
Native to:
Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, China South-Central, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
British Columbia, California
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Stelin album (L.) Bubani in Fl. Pyren. 1: 129 (1897)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1982). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 7: 1-947. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
- Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (1983). Flora of Bhutan 1(1): 1-186. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
- Gubanov, I.A. & al. (2013). Illiustrirovannyi opredelitel rastenii Srednei Rossii, ed. 2, 2: 1-664. KMK Scientific Press, Moskva.
- Jonsell, B. (ed.) (2000). Flora Nordica 1: 1-344. The Bergius Foundaton.
- Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.
- Litvinskaya, S.A. & Murtazaliev, R.A. (2013). Flora of the Northern Caucasus: An Atlas and Identification Book: 1-688. Fiton XXI.
- Lê, T.C. (2003). Danh lục các loài thực vật Việt Nam 2: 1-1203. Hà Nội : Nhà xuất bản Nông nghiệp.
- Mathiasen, R.L. & Kenaley, S.C. (2016). The classification of California Viscaceae: an alternative perspective. Madroño 63: 8-33.
- Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
- Nasir, E. & Ali, S.I. (eds.) (1970-1995). Flora of West Pakistan 1-131.
- Polhill, R.M. & Wiens, D. (1998). Mistletoes of Africa: 1-370. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Rajbhandari, K.R., Rai, S.K. & Chhetri, R. (2021). A Handbook of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 3: 1-331. Department of Plant Resources, Thapathali, Kathmandu, Nepal.
- Rechinger, K.H. (1976). Flora Iranica 116: 1-6. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
- Vladimirov, V. & Kit Tan (2014). New floristic records in the Balkans: 24. Phytologia Balcanica 20: 99-137.
Kew Species Profiles
- The Golden Bough. (a newsletter to foster the biosystematics of Loranthaceae and Viscaceae). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Becker, H. (2000). European mistletoe - taxonomy, host trees, parts used, physiology. In: Mistletoe: The Genus Viscum, ed. A. Bussing. Harwood Academic Publishers.
- Bown, D. (2008). The Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Herbs & Their Uses. Dorling Kindersley, London.
- Cooper, M.R. and Johnson, A.W. (1998). Poisonous Plants and Fungi in Britain: Animal and Human Poisoning. 2nd Ed. The Stationery Office, London.
- Cooper, M.R., Johnson, A.W. & Dauncey, E.A. (2003). Poisonous Plants and Fungi: An Illustrated Guide. 2nd Ed. The Stationery Office, London.
- Duke, J.A. (2001). Handbook of Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton and London.
- Kirkup, D.W., Polhill, R.M. & Wiens, D. (2000). Viscum in the context of its family Viscaceae and its diversity in Africa. In: Mistletoe: The Genus Viscum, ed. A. Bussing. Harwood Academic Publishers.
- Prendergast, H.D.V. & Sanderson, H. (2004). Britain's Wild Harvest: The Commercial Uses of Wild Plants and Fungi. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Ramm, H., Urech, K., Scheibler, M. & Grazi, G. (2000). Cultivation and development of Viscum album. In: Mistletoe: The Genus Viscum, ed. A. Bussing. Harwood Academic Publishers.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1982). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 7: 1-947. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
- Dogignard, A. (2009). Contributions à la connaissance de la flore du Maroc et de l'Afrique du Nord. Nouvelle série. 2. La flore du Nord-Maroc. Le Journal de Botanique de la Société Botanique de France 46-47: 1-136.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2016). Flora of North America North of Mexico 12: 1-603. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Hara, H., Stearn, W.T. & Williams, H.J. (1982). An Enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 3: 1-226. Trustees of British Museum, London.
- Mathiasen, R.L. & Kenaley, S.C. (2016). The classification of California Viscaceae: an alternative perspective. Madroño 63: 8-33.
- Nasir, E. & Ali, S.I. (eds.) (1970-1995). Flora of West Pakistan 1-131.
- Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 2011 | Wallich, N. [490], Nepal | K000780293 | Yes | ||
Gamble, J.S. [711], India | K000780292 | Yes | |||
Cope, T.A. [RBG 468], Great Britain | K000914246 | Yes |
Sources
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Art and Illustrations in Digifolia
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images
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Kew Species Profiles
- Kew Species Profiles
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0