Flora of New York/Santalales

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Flora of New York — Santalales
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The Santalales is a largely parasitic order of plants. The only one of its families that is known to have native or naturalized members in New York is the Santalaceae.

Family Santalaceae[edit | edit source]

The Santalaceae (sandalwood family) ...[1]

Comandra clade[edit | edit source]

Also treated as the Comandraceae[1] (bastard-toadflax family), this group contains only the two species bastard toadflax (Comandra umbellata) and false toadflax (Geocaulon lividum), both of which are native to New York.

Comandra[edit | edit source]

Comandra umbellata
bastard toadflax

Santalaceae — Comandra
Genus Comandra Bastard-toadflax N.Y. Status Images Distribution NY NPT
 (L.) Nutt.
ssp. umbellata

1753. Thesium umbellatum L.
1818. Comandra umbellata Nutt.
1905. Comandra richardsiana Fernald
1982. C. umbellatassp. richardsiana Á&D.Löve
Bastard toadflax Native,
Secure

NYFA: 5

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Geocaulon[edit | edit source]

Santalaceae — Geocaulon
Genus Geocaulon False-toadflax N.Y. Status Images Distribution NY NPT
 (Richardson) Fernald

1823. Comandra livida Richardson
1921. Geocaulon lividum Fernald
False toadflax Native,
Endangered

NYFA: 1

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Cervantesia clade[edit | edit source]

Also treated as the family Cervantesiaceae,[1] this is a group of parasitic flowering plants. Its only native or naturalized New York genus is Pyrularia.

Pyrularia[edit | edit source]

Pyrularia pubera
buffalo-nut
Pyrularia contains two species native to the Himalayas of China and one native to the southeastern United States. Buffalonut (Pyrularia pubera) is a root-parasitic shrub, Native to the Appalachians and foothills from Southern Pennsylvania to Alabama and Georgia.[1] It appears to have naturalized on Long Island.
Santalaceae — Pyrularia
Genus Pyrularia Buffalo-nut N.Y. Status Images Distribution NY NPT
 Michx.

1803. Pyrularia pubera Michx.
Buffalo-nut,
Oil-nut
Introduced,
US South native


NYFA: Xm

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Viscum clade[edit | edit source]

Also treated as the family Viscaceae or tribe Visceae,[1] this group contains seven genera worldwide, two of which have single New York native species. These are branch parasites

Arceuthobium[edit | edit source]

Arceuthobium pusillum
dwarf mistletoe
Arceuthobium pusillum or dwarf mistletoe parasitizes the branches of spruce, pine, and tamarack trees and is one of many causes for the deformations known as "witches brooms" seen on those trees.
Santalaceae — Arceuthobium
Genus Arceuthobium Dwarf-mistletoe N.Y. Status Images Distribution NY NPT
 Peck

1872. Arceuthobium pusillum Peck
1891. Razoumofskya pusilla Kuntze
Dwarf mistletoe,
Eastern dwarf-mistletoe
Native,
Vulnerable

NYFA: 3?

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Phoradendron[edit | edit source]

Phoradendron leucarpum
American mistletoe
American mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum) is believed to be native to Staten Island where it was reported growing on blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica) trees until sometime prior to 1879. It is now considered to be extirpated from New York State.
Santalaceae — Phoradendron
Genus Phoradendron Mistletoe N.Y. Status Images Distribution NY NPT
(Raf.) Reveal & M.C.Johnst.

1817. Viscum leucarpum Raf.
[1]
1820. Viscum serotinum Raf.
1911. non P. leucocarpum Pacz.
1957. P. serotinum M.C.Johnst.
1989. P. leucarpum Reveal & M.C.Johnst.
American mistletoe,
Oak mistletoe,
Eastern mistletoe,
Hairy mistletoe
Native,
Extirpated

NYFA: Z

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  1. A pending conservation proposal would change the basionym of Phoradendron leucarpum from Viscum leucarpum to Viscum serotinum, avoiding the P. leucocarpum homonym and making the accepted name Phoradendron serotinum.

Brassicales
Flora of New York — Santalales
Caryophyllales 1
Droseraceae, Plumbaginaceae, Polygonaceae
Table of
contents
Genus
index
Protected species index Invasive species index