Cladocolea cupulata: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Santalales
- Family
- Loranthaceae
- Genus
- Cladocolea
- Species
- Cladocolea cupulata
- Scientific Name
- Cladocolea cupulata
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Cladocolea cupulata
Cladocolea cupulata is a species of dioecious, parasitic mistletoe in the family Loranthaceae. The natural range of Cladocolea cupulata is throughout parts of Jalisco, Mexico, where it is known to specifically grow on pine trees (Pinus spp.), such as, Pinus lumholtzii, Pinus herrerae, Pinus gordoniana, Pinus jaliscana, and Pinus georginae.
On average, most parasitized pine trees have 1-5 mistletoe growing on them. It has long, narrow leaves (that tend to grow inwards), with saddle-like peduncles that hold four flowers or so, and a long set of stems similar to other species in the genus. No official conservation status has been assigned to this species yet, although it would most likely check under “Least Concern” if the species were to be evaluated.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Cladocolea alternifolia
- Cladocolea andrieuxii
- Cladocolea archeri
- Cladocolea clandestina
- Cladocolea coriacea
- Cladocolea coyucae
- Cladocolea cupulata
- Cladocolea dimorpha
- Cladocolea diversifolia
- Cladocolea elliptica
- Cladocolea glauca
- Cladocolea gracilis
- Cladocolea grahamii
- Cladocolea harlingii
- Cladocolea hintonii
- Cladocolea hondurensis
- Cladocolea inconspicua
- Cladocolea intermedia
- Cladocolea loniceroides
- Cladocolea mcvaughii
- Cladocolea micrantha
- Cladocolea microphylla
- Cladocolea molotensis
- Cladocolea oligantha
- Cladocolea pedicellata
- Cladocolea pringlei
- Cladocolea racemosa
- Cladocolea rostrifolia
- Cladocolea sandwithii
- Cladocolea spathiflora
- Cladocolea stricta
- Cladocolea × kuijtii





























