The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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Viscum

The genus Viscum is in the family Santalaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Viscum

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Viscum album L. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Viscum anceps E. Mey. ex Sprague Accepted M TRO
Viscum articulatum Burm. f. Accepted M TRO
Viscum austriacum Wiesb. Accepted M TRO
Viscum boivinii Tiegh. Accepted M TRO
Viscum calcaratum Balle Accepted M TRO
Viscum coloratum (Kom.) Nakai Accepted M TRO
Viscum combreticola Engl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Viscum congolense De Wild. & T.Durand Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Viscum crassulae Eckl. & Zeyh. Accepted M TRO
Viscum cruciatum Sieber ex Boiss. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Viscum cuneifolium Baker Accepted M TRO
Viscum cylindricum Polhill & Wiens Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Viscum decurrens (Engl.) Baker & Sprague Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Viscum diospyrosicola Hayata Accepted M TRO
Viscum echinocarpum Baker Accepted L TRO
Viscum fargesii Lecomte Accepted M TRO
Viscum hainanense R.L. Han & D.X. Zhang Accepted M TRO
Viscum hoolei (Wiens) Polhill & Wiens Accepted M TRO
Viscum liquidambaricola Hayata Accepted M TRO
Viscum loranthi Elmer Accepted M TRO
Viscum macrofalcatum R.L. Han & D.X. Zhang Accepted M TRO
Viscum minimum Harv. Accepted M TRO
Viscum monoicum Roxb. ex DC. Accepted M TRO
Viscum multicostatum Baker Accepted M TRO
Viscum multinerve (Hayata) Hayata Accepted M TRO
Viscum myriophlebium Baker Accepted M TRO
Viscum nudum Danser Accepted M TRO
Viscum obovatum Harv. Accepted M TRO
Viscum obscurum Thunb. Accepted M TRO
Viscum ovalifolium DC. Accepted M TRO
Viscum pauciflorum L.f. Accepted M TRO
Viscum rhipsaloides Baker Accepted M TRO
Viscum rotundifolium L.f. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Viscum shirense Sprague Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Viscum spragueanum Burtt Davy Accepted M TRO
Viscum subserratum Schltr. Accepted M TRO
Viscum trachycarpum Baker Accepted M TRO
Viscum triflorum DC. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Viscum tuberculatum A.Rich. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Viscum yunnanense H.S. Kiu Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 354 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Viscum. Of these 41 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 42 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Viscum. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 354 species names for the genus Viscum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 41 11.6%
Synonym 160 45.2%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 153 43.2%

All names

The status of the 396 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Viscum recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 52 13.1%
Synonym 187 47.2%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 157 39.6%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 354 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Viscum, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 40 150 0 0 190 53.7%
Low confidence 1 10 0 153 164 46.3%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Viscum, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 31 123 0 4 0 158 44.6%
WCSP (in review) 10 37 0 149 0 196 55.4%