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Santalales (sandalwoods)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Santalales are an order of flowering plants with a cosmopolitan distribution, but heavily concentrated in tropical and subtropical regions. It derives its name from its type genus Santalum (sandalwood). Mistletoe is the common name for a number of parasitic plants within the order.
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Family

Amphorogynaceae (88)
Aptandraceae (37)   (5)
Balanophoraceae (57)   (1)
Cervantesiaceae (22)   (1)
Comandraceae (2)
Coulaceae (3)
Erythropalaceae (46)   (1)
Loranthaceae (1,213)   (23)
Misodendraceae (9)
Mystropetalaceae (3)
Nanodeaceae (2)
Octoknemaceae (14)   (4)
Olacaceae (66)   (1)
Opiliaceae (38)   (3)
Santalaceae (83)   (6)
Schoepfiaceae (55)   (3)
Strombosiaceae (24)   (2)
Thesiaceae (380)   (6)
Viscaceae (646)   (11)
Ximeniaceae (15)

Genus

Anacolosidites (2)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0