Flowering plant in the mistletoe family Santalaceae
Viscum album
Viscum album growing on a Populus species
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Order:
Santalales
Family:
Santalaceae
Genus:
Viscum
Species:
V. album
Binomial name
Viscum album
L.
Viscum album in the Netherlands
Viscum album is a species of mistletoe in the family Santalaceae, commonly known as European mistletoe, common mistletoe or simply as mistletoe (Old English mistle).[2] It is native to Europe and western and southern Asia.[3]
Viscum album is a hemiparasite on several species of trees, from which it draws water and nutrients. It has a significant role in European mythology, legends, and customs. In modern times, it is commonly featured in Christmas decoration and symbology. (V. album is found only rarely in North America, as an introduced species; its cultural roles are usually fulfilled by the similar native species Phoradendron leucarpum.)
^Chappuis, E. (2014). "Viscum album (Europe assessment)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T203473A2766017. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
^Zuber, Doris (2004). "Biological flora of Central Europe: Viscum album L.". Flora - Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants. 199 (3). Elsevier BV: 181–203. doi:10.1078/0367-2530-00147. ISSN 0367-2530.
^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.
Viscumalbum is a species of mistletoe in the family Santalaceae, commonly known as European mistletoe, common mistletoe or simply as mistletoe (Old English...
the host plant. The name mistletoe originally referred to the species Viscumalbum (European mistletoe, of the family Santalaceae in the order Santalales);...
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used in North America as a surrogate for the similar European mistletoe Viscumalbum, in Christmas decoration and associated traditions (such as "kissing...
"rōbur". A Latin Dictionary. According to L. A. Boodle, mistletoe (Viscumalbum) "occurs on Quercus pedunculata and Q. sessiliflora, but Tubeuf (p. 727)...
1982). "Isolation and Characterization of Viscumin, a Toxic Lectin from Viscumalbum L. (Mistletoe)". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 257 (22): 13263–13270...
A, Seifert G, Delebinski CI (2016). "Multiple Active Compounds from Viscumalbum L. Synergistically Converge to Promote Apoptosis in Ewing Sarcoma". PLOS...
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that can be isolated from Viscumalbum. Richter, Andreas (1992). "Viscumitol, a dimethyl-ether of muco-inositol from Viscumalbum". Phytochemistry. 31 (11):...
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beliefs. The best known example is the mistletoe. The European mistletoe, Viscumalbum, figured prominently in Greek mythology, and is believed to be The Golden...
leaf-spot disease on Asian mistletoe (Viscum coloratum (Kom.) Nakai) in China, and also on European mistletoe (Viscumalbum) populations. While species Sphaeropsis...
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Göbel: Heilpflanzen gegen Krebs und Psychose, Nuytsia Floribunda und ViscumAlbum, Betrachtung und Beurteilung zweier polarer Pflanzencharaktere und ihre...
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