Korthalsella

Korthalsella
Kaumahana ( Korthalsella complanata )
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Santalales
Family:	Santalaceae
Genus:	Korthalsella Tiegh. [1]
Species
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Korthalsella (korthal mistletoe) ^[2] is a genus of flowering plants in the sandalwood family, Santalaceae (sometimes/formerly considered to be in Viscaceae ^[3] ). It contains about 25 species distributed in Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and some Pacific Islands. ^[4]

Selected species

• Korthalsella arthroclada Cranfield (Australia) ^[5]
• Korthalsella breviarticulata (Tiegh.) Danser (Australia) ^[5]
• Korthalsella complanata (v. Tiegh.) Engl. - Kaumahana (Hawaiʻi) ^[6]
• Korthalsella cylindrica (v. Tiegh.) Engl. - Hawaiʻi korthal mistletoe (Hawaiʻi) ^[7]
• Korthalsella degeneri Danser - Degener's korthal mistletoe (Island of Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi) ^[8]
• Korthalsella disticha (Endl.) Engl. (Australia) ^[5]
• Korthalsella emersa Barlow (Australia) ^[5]
• Korthalsella grayi Barlow (Australia) ^[5]
• Korthalsella japonica (Thunb.) Engl. (Asia)
• Korthalsella latissima (v. Tiegh.) Danser - Kauaʻi korthal mistletoe (Hawaiʻi) ^[9]
• Korthalsella leucothrix Barlow (Australia) ^[5]
• Korthalsella papuana Danser (Australia, New Guinea) ^[5]
• Korthalsella platycaula (v. Tiegh.) Engl. - Poʻowaha (Hawaiʻi) ^[10]
• Korthalsella remyana v. Tiegh. - Bog korthal mistletoe (Hawaiʻi) ^{[11] [12]}
• Korthalsella rubra (Tiegh.) Endl. (Australia) ^[5]
• Korthalsella salicornioides (A. Cunn.) Tiegh. (New Zealand)

See also

List of endemic plants in the Mariana Islands

Image Gallery

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  Jointed mistletoe Korthalsella rubra on Atalaya hemiglauca, just north of Breeza, NSW, Australia, 14 June 2015
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  Jointed mistletoe Korthalsella rubra on Atalaya hemiglauca, just north of Breeza, NSW, Australia, 14 June 2015
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  Korthalsella rubra on Wilga, Geijera parviflora, Central NSW, 14 June 2015
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  Korthalsella rubra on Wilga, Geijera parviflora, Central NSW, 14 June 2015

References

1. "Korthalsella Tiegh". Germplasm Resources Information Network . United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-03-30. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
2. NRCS. "Korthalsella". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 29 May 2015.
3. "Viscaceae: GRIN".
4. O'Neill, A.R.; Rana, S.K. (2019). "An ethnobotanical analysis of parasitic plants (Parijibi) in the Nepal Himalaya". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 12 (14): 14. doi: 10.1186/s13002-016-0086-y . PMC   4765049 . PMID   26912113.
5. Korthalsella "Korthalsella". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2009-11-22.
6. "Korthalsella complanata (v. Tiegh.) Engl. - Kaumahana KOCO in the state of Hawaii". The PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
7. "Korthalsella cylindrica (v. Tiegh.) Engl. - Hawai'i korthal mistletoe KOCY in the state of Hawaii". The PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
8. "Korthalsella degeneri Danser - Degener's korthal mistletoe KODE in the state of Hawaii". The PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
9. "Korthalsella latissima (v. Tiegh.) Danser - Kauai korthal mistletoe KOLA". The PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
10. "Korthalsella platycaula (v. Tiegh.) Engl. - po'owaha KOPL". The PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
11. "Korthalsella remyana v. Tiegh. - bog korthal mistletoe KORE". The PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
12. "Korthalsella v. Tiegh". ITIS Standard Reports. Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2009-04-05.