Taxon: Phoradendron leucarpum (Raf.) Reveal & M. C. Johnst.

• a pending conservation proposal, if adopted, would make P. serotinum the correct name for this species
• not homonym of P. leucocarpum Pacz. (1911)
• the basionym Viscum leucarpum Raf. was proposed for rejection (nom. rej. prop.) against the heterotypic synonym (Melbourne ICN Art. 14.4) V. serotinum Raf., nom. cons. prop.

• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• American mistletoe   (Source: Hortus 3 [as P. serotinum]) – English
  
• eastern mistletoe   (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2 ) – English
  
• hairy mistletoe   (Source: F GPlains [as P. tomentosum]) – English
  
• oak mistletoe   (Source: F CalifJep [as P. villosum]) – English
  
• Pacific mistletoe   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 [as P. villosum]) – English
  
• western mistletoe   (Source: F Oregon [as P. villosum]) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (Christmas decorations fide Mabberleys Pl Book)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kingsbury, as P. flavescens; Lampe & McCann, as P. tomentosum)
  
• Social: religious/secular   (kissing may occur under this plant around the December holidays fide Mabberleys Pl Book)
  
• Weed: parasite   (fide Castanea 61:277. 1996; Diseas Comp. 1995 on stone fruits, as P. tomentosum)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Phoradendron leucarpum from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Indiana, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Oregon
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California, Nevada
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacan, Queretaro

• also cultivated

References:

• Abbott, J. R. & R. L. Thompson. 2011. New combinations in Phoradendron leucarcum (Viscaceae). J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 5:139–141.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. [= P. villosum].
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
• Kuijt, J. 2003. Monograph of Phoradendron (Viscaceae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 66:1–643. [= P. serotinum var. serotinum].
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. [= P. serotinum].
• Mabberley, D. J. 2008. Mabberley's plant-book: a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses, third edition. [re. christmas ornamental].
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. [= P. tomentosum].
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Musselman, L. J. 1996. Parasitic weeds in the Southern United States. Castanea 61:271–292.
• Nickrent, D. L. et al. 2010. (1986) Proposal to conserve the name Viscum serotinum (Phoradendron serotinum) against V. leucarpum (Viscaceae). Taxon 59:1903–1904.
• Ogawa, J. M. et al., eds. 1995. Compendium of stone fruit diseases. P. 47 in: American Phytopathological Society, The disease compendium series. [= P. serotinum (Raf.) M. C. Johnst.].
• Peck, M. 1941. A manual of the higher plants of Oregon. [= P. villosum].
• Reveal, J. L. & M. C. Johnston. 1989. A new combination in Phoradendron (Viscaceae). Taxon 38:107–108.
• Wiens, D. 1964. Revision of the acataphyllous species of Phoradendron. Brittonia 16:35–37. [= P. serotinum (Raf.) M. C. Johnst.].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Phoradendron leucarpum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Phoradendron leucarpum.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Phoradendron leucarpum.

Synonyms:

• (=) Phoradendron flavescens auct.
  
• (=) Phoradendron serotinum (Raf.) M. C. Johnst.
  
• (=) Phoradendron tomentosum (DC.) A. Gray
  
• (=) Phoradendron villosum (Nutt.) Engelm.
  
• (≡) Viscum leucarpum Raf. (basionym)
  
• (=) Viscum serotinum Raf.
  
• (=) Viscum tomentosum DC.
  
• (=) Viscum villosum Nutt.
  

Check other web resources for Phoradendron leucarpum (Raf.) Reveal & M. C. Johnst.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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