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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

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

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

• 2 are recorded as illegitimate

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: