Global InformationLysiana exocarpi information
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Loranthaceae |
| Genus: | Lysiana |
| Species: | L. exocarpi
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| Binomial name | |
| Lysiana exocarpi (Behr) Tiegh.
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L. exocarpi subsp. exocarpi | |
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Lysiana exocarpi, commonly known as harlequin mistletoe, is a species of hemiparasitic shrub, endemic to Australia. It is in the Gondwanan family Loranthaceae and is probably the most derived genus of that family with 12 pairs of chromosomes.[3] The Loranthaceae is the most diverse family in the mistletoe group with over 900 species worldwide and including the best known species in Australia.[4] Mistletoes are notable for their relationships with other species. In an early reference to the group in Australia Allan Cunningham explorer and first Director[5] of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, wrote in 1817: "The Bastard Box[note 1] is frequently much encumbered with the twining adhering Loranthus aurantiacus[6] (box mistletoe) which 'Scorning the soil, aloft she springs, Shakes her red plumes and claps her golden wings'."[7]
- ^ Blakely, W.F. (1922). The Loranthaceae of Australia. Part i. From the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 1922, Vol. xlvii., Part 1, 29 March 1922.
- ^ Danser, B.H. (1929) On the Taxonomy and the nomenclature of the Loranthaceae of Asia and Australia. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg, Serie III. Vol. X. Livr 3. Nov. 1929. p.342
- ^ Barlow, B.A. (1984). Loranthaceae. In Flora of Australia and New Zealand. (Ed. A.S. George) Australian Government Publishing Service: Canberra. Vol 22, p.80.
- ^ Watson, D. (2011). Mistletoes of Southern Australia,ISBN 9780643095939, CSIRO Publishing, p.9.
- ^ "Royal Botanic Garden - History and Facts". Royal Botanic Garden. Archived from the original on 6 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
- ^ http://plants.jstor.org/specimen/bm001015700history=true[permanent dead link]
- ^ Robinson, L.(1994). Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, 2nd Edition, Kangaroo Press, p.345.
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