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Arceuthobium vaginatum






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Arceuthobium vaginatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Santalaceae
Genus: Arceuthobium
Species:
A. vaginatum
Binomial name
Arceuthobium vaginatum

(Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) J. Presl

Synonyms

Viscum vaginatum Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

Arceuthobium vaginatum, called the "sheathed dwarf mistletoe" or "southwestern dwarf mistletoe" is a parasitic plant found in the southwestern United States and northwestern and central Mexico. It generally is found on pine (Pinus spp) trees.[1][2]

Ethnobotany[edit]

The Ramah Navaho have been documented as using a decoction of Arceuthobium vaginatum as a "ceremonial medicine".[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hawksworth, F.G., & D. Wiens. 1993. Viscaceae, Mistletoe Family. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 27:241-245
  • ^ Presl, J.S. O Prirozenosti rostlin, aneb rostlinar 2: 28. 1825.
  • ^ MEKEEL, SCUDDER (May 1945). "KLUCKHORN, CLYDE: Navaho Witchcraft. Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology. Harvard University, Vol. XXII, No. 2. Cambridge, Peabody Museum, 1944". Psychosomatic Medicine. 7 (3): 191–191. doi:10.1097/00006842-194505000-00017. ISSN 0033-3174.


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