Scurrula
Genus of mistletoes
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Scurrula is a genus of parasitic shrubs in the family Loranthaceae, native to south-east Asia.[3][4]
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| Scurrula parasitica flower (top) and branch (bottom) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Loranthaceae |
| Genus: | Scurrula L. |
| Type species | |
| Scurrula parasitica L.[1][2] | |
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Description
Taxonomy
It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 with Scurrula parasitica L. as the type species.[5][1]
Species
The Catalogue of Life lists the following species:[4]
- Scurrula aphodastrica
- Scurrula argentea
- Scurrula atropurpurea
- Scurrula buddleioides
- Scurrula chingii
- Scurrula cordifolia
- Scurrula corynitis
- Scurrula didyma
- Scurrula elata
- Scurrula ferruginea
- Scurrula gongshanensis
- Scurrula lepidota
- Scurrula meeboldii
- Scurrula montana
- Scurrula notothixoides
- Scurrula oortiana
- Scurrula parasitica
- Scurrula phoebe-formosanae
- Scurrula pulverulenta
- Scurrula rhopalocarpa
- Scurrula robertsonii
- Scurrula rugulosa
- Scurrula stocksii
- Scurrula tsaii
- Scurrula turbinata
Parasitism
Scurrula has a low host-specificity and can parasitize various plants.[2]
Distribution
The centre of diversity is Java.[2]
