Arceuthobium vaginatum

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Arceuthobium vaginatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Santalaceae
Genus: Arceuthobium
Species:
A. vaginatum
Binomial name
Arceuthobium vaginatum
(Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) J. Presl
Synonyms

Viscum vaginatum Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

Arceuthobium vaginatum, called the "sheathed dwarf mistletoe" or "southwestern dwarf mistletoe" is a

Pinus spp) trees.[1][2]

Ethnobotany

The Ramah Navaho have been documented as using a decoction of Arceuthobium vaginatum as a "ceremonial medicine".[3]

References

  1. ^ Hawksworth, F.G., & D. Wiens. 1993. Viscaceae, Mistletoe Family. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 27:241-245
  2. ^ Presl, J.S. O Prirozenosti rostlin, aneb rostlinar 2: 28. 1825.
  3. ISSN 0033-3174
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