Plant Details

Accepted name:: Phoradendron leucarpum (Raf.) Reveal & M.C.Johnst. [Santalaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
american mistletoe	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
eastern mistletoe	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hairy mistletoe	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
injerto	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
mistletoe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
oak mistletoe	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
pacific mistletoe	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
western mistletoe	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 25 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Phoradendron flavescens (Pursh) Nutt. J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, n.s., 1: 185 (1848).
Phoradendron tomentosum (DC.) Engelm. ex A.Gray Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s., 4: 59 (1849).
Viscum flavescens Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 114 (1813).
Phoradendron eatonii Trel. in J.K.Small, Shrubs Florida: 121 (1913).
Phoradendron engelmannii var. clavigerum Trel. Phoradendron: 35 (1916).
Phoradendron flavens var. tomentosum (DC.) Engelm. in S.Watson & al., Bot. California 2: 105 (1880).
Phoradendron flavescens var. glabriusculum Engelm. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6: 212 (1850).
Phoradendron flavescens var. macrotomum (Trel.) Fosberg Lloydia 4: 279 (1941).
Phoradendron flavescens var. orbiculatum (Engelm. ex A.Gray) Engelm. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6: 212 (1850).
Phoradendron goldmanii Trel. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 54: 471 (1927).
Phoradendron leucarpum subsp. angustifolium (Kuijt) J.R.Abbott & R.L.Thomps. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 5: 140 (2011).
Phoradendron leucarpum subsp. tomentosum (DC.) J.R.Abbott & R.L.Thomps. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 5: 140 (2011).
Phoradendron macrotomum Trel. in J.K.Small, Shrubs Florida: 121 (1913).
Phoradendron orbiculatum Engelm. ex A.Gray Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s., 4: 59 (1849).
Phoradendron puberulum var. chihuahuense Trel. Phoradendron: 43 (1916).
Phoradendron serotinum (Raf.) M.C.Johnst. S. W. Naturalist 2: 45 (1957).
Phoradendron serotinum subsp. angustifolium Kuijt Syst. Bot. Monogr. 63: 418 (2003).
Phoradendron serotinum var. macrotomum (Trel.) M.C.Johnst. S. W. Naturalist 2: 47 (1957).
Phoradendron serotinum subsp. tomentosum (DC.) Kuijt Syst. Bot. Monogr. 63: 423 (2003).
Phoradendron wilkinsonii Trel. Phoradendron: 44 (1916).
Viscum leucarpum Raf. Fl. Ludov.: 79 (1817).
Viscum ochroleucum Raf. New Fl. 3: 23 (1838).
Viscum rugosum Raf. New Fl. 3: 24 (1838).
Viscum serotinum Raf. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 5: 348 (1820).
Viscum tomentosum DC. Prodr. 4: 670 (1830).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Phoradendron flavescens Nutt.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Phoradendron leucarpum	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Phoradendron leucarpum (Raf.) Reveal & M. C. Johnst.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Phoradendron leucarpum (Raf.) Reveal & M. C. Johnston	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Phoradendron leucarpum (Raf.) Reveal & M.C. Johnst.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Phoradendron leucarpum (Raf.) Reveal & M.C.Johnst.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Phoradendron tomentosum (DC) Oliv.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
Viscum flavescens	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Viscum flavescens Pursh.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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