Loranthaceae, commonly known as the showy mistletoes, is a family of flowering plants. It consists of about 75 genera and 1,000 species of woody plants, many of them hemiparasites. The three terrestrial species are Nuytsia floribunda, Atkinsonia ligustrina, and Gaiadendron punctatum Loranthaceae are primarily xylem parasites, but their haustoria may sometimes tap the phloem, while Tristerix aphyllus is almost holoparasitic. For a more complete description of the Australian Loranthaceae, see Flora of Australia online., for the Malesian Loranthaceae see Flora of Malesia.
Campylospermum is a genus of plants in the family Ochnaceae.
Tapinanthus is a genus of mistletoe in the family Loranthaceae, endemic to Africa. The name of the genus is derived from the Greek tapeinos meaning "low" or "humble" and anthos meaning flower.
Korthalsella is a genus of flowering plants in the sandalwood family, Santalaceae. It contains about 25 species distributed in Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and some Pacific Islands.
Korthalsella rubra is a flowering plant in the Santalaceae (sandalwood) family, formerly placed in the Viscaceae.
Dendrophthora, the tree destroyers, is a genus of flowering plants in the sandalwood family Santalaceae, native to tropical and subtropical Latin America and the Caribbean. They are hemiparasitic mistletoes that grow on a wide variety of host plants.
Tripodanthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.
Antidaphne is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Santalaceae.
Cladocolea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.
Erianthemum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.
Ligaria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.
Oncocalyx is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.
Peristethium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.
Plicosepalus is a genus of hemiparasitic flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.
Englerina is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.
Oedina is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.
Oncella is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.
Passovia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.
Oryctanthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.
Oryctina is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.
