Helixanthera

Clade:Tracheophytes

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Eudicots

Order:Santalales

Helixanthera
Helixanthera obtusata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Santalales
Family:	Loranthaceae
Genus:	Helixanthera Lour.
Synonyms[1]
Acrostachys (Benth.) Tiegh. Chiridium Tiegh. Coleobotrys Tiegh. Dithecina Tiegh. Helicia Pers. Lanthorus C.Presl Leucobotrys Tiegh. Phoenicanthemum (Blume) Rchb. Strepsimela Raf. Sycophila Welw. ex Tiegh.

Helixanthera is moderately sized genus in the showy mistletoe family, Loranthaceae.^[1] It has over 40 species from tropical Africa, southern Asia and Malesia.^[2][3] The genus was described already 1790 by the Portuguese botanist João de Loureiro in his Flora Cochinchinensis. A new species, Helixanthera schizocalyx, was described in 2010.^[4]