Plant Details

Accepted name:: Phoradendron brachystachyum (DC.) Nutt. [Santalaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
muérdago	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem, leaf		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Phoradendron aureum Trel. Phoradendron: 49 (1916).
Phoradendron brachyphyllum Trel. Phoradendron: 49 (1916).
Phoradendron diguetianum Tiegh. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 1: 31 (1895).
Phoradendron eduardi Trel. Phoradendron: 46 (1916).
Phoradendron globuliferum Trel. Phoradendron: 48 (1916).
Phoradendron mazatlanum Trel. Phoradendron: 47 (1916).
Phoradendron peninsulare Trel. Phoradendron: 50 (1916).
Phoradendron riberense Wiggins Contr. Dudley Herb. 3: 66 (1940).
Phoradendron saccatum Trel. Phoradendron: 50 (1916).
Phoradendron tlacolulense Loes. Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 536 (1894).
Phoradendron tumidum Trel. Phoradendron: 49 (1916).
Viscum brachystachyum DC. Prodr. 4: 280 (1830).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Phoradendron brachystachyum (DC.) Nutt.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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