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Viscaceae Batsch., Tab. Aff. Reg. Veg.: 240 (1802); Barlow, Brunonia 6: 25–57 (1983); Barlow, Flora Males. I, 13: 403–442 (1997); Wiens in Polhill & Wiens, Mistletoes of Africa, Roy. Bot. Gard., Kew (1998). Phoradendraceae H. Karsten (1860). Loranthaceae subfam. Viscoideae Engler, Nat. Pflanzenfam. III, 1: 177 (1889). Arceuthobiaceae Tiegh. (1897). Dendrophthoraceae Tiegh. (1898). Ginalloaceae Tiegh. (1900).

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Contains descriptions of the family Viscaceae with its seven genera recognised in this treatment and a key to the genera.

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Kuijt, J., Hansen, B. (2015). Viscaceae. In: Flowering Plants. Eudicots. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, vol 12. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09296-6_21

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