Phoradendron trinervium (Lam.) Griseb.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Viscaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Branches slender, 3-5 cm. long, pseudodichotomous, bearing 1 or 2 pairs of eataphyls near the base, the internodes 3-5 cm. long, 4-angled. Leaves obovate or elliptic-obovate, 2-5 cm. long, rounded at the apex, narrowed or subcuneate at the base, scarcely petioled; spikes usually clustered, 1-2 cm. long, 2-3-jointed, the joints usually 6-flowered or 8-flowered; berry oblong when young, subglobose, smooth, orange and 3-4 mm. in diameter when mature.
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Distribution
On various trees, Watling's Island, Great Ragged Island, Acklin's Island : - Puerto Rico and St. Thomas to Trinidad ; Jamaica. Closely related to the preceding species. Angled Mistletoe.
Ragged Island Bahamas South America| Acklins Bahamas South America| Puerto Rico South America| Saint Thomas Virgin Islands of the United States South America| Trinidad and Tobago South America| Jamaica South America|