Arceuthobium vaginatum

Arceuthobium vaginatum
Scientific 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 vaginatumHumb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

Arceuthobium vaginatum, called the "sheathed dwarf mistletoe" or "southwestern dwarf mistletoe" is a parasitic plant found in the southwestern United States and northwestern and central Mexico. It generally is found on pine (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. MEKEEL, SCUDDER (May 1945). "KLUCKHORN, CLYDE: Navaho Witchcraft. Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology. Harvard University, Vol. XXII, No. 2. Cambridge, Peabody Museum, 1944" . Psychosomatic Medicine. 7 (3): 191–191. doi:10.1097/00006842-194505000-00017. ISSN   0033-3174.