Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Santalanae > Order Santalales > Family Loranthaceae > Genus Viscum

Viscum album L.

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

ViscumL.accepted genus name
Viscum album L. taxonomically included in
Viscum cruciatum Boiss. taxonomically included in

Species group names

Viscum album subsp. abietis (Wiesb.) Janch. taxonomically included in
Viscum album subsp. album L. taxonomically included in
Viscum album subsp. austriacum (Wiesb.) Vollm. taxonomically included in
Viscum album subsp. creticum N. Böhling, Greuter, Raus, B. Snogerup, Snogerup & Zuber taxonomically included in

Children

Viscum album L. subsp. album
Viscum album subsp. abietis (Wiesb.) Janch.
Viscum album subsp. austriacum (Wiesb.) Vollm.
Viscum album subsp. creticum N. Böhling, Greuter, Raus, B. Snogerup, Snogerup & Zuber

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Aragonese: besque; bisca; bisco; bíscol; bisque; bizco; liga; molsa; visca; visco; víscol; vizco sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/
 Asturian: arfueyo; arfueyu; argoh.ín; argoh.u; argüeyu; arh.ueyu; arjueyu; muérdago; muérdagu sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/
 Basque: alquisan; alquistán; amuérdago; aspiclero; aspielero; astura; auki; bigura; biguri; biska; biura; grimu; lizka; midura; migura; mihula; mihura; millura; mira; miru; miula; miura; ostura; pigura; puhura; puhure; tiña; usta; utzuri; visca; yostura; yura sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/
 Catalan: escarcí; escarsí; herba del vesc; herba del vesch; herba joca; joca; vesc; vesc comú; vesc de la pomera; vescarsi; vescarsí; vesch; vescó; visc; visc de pi; visc del pi; visc quercí; visca; viscari; viscarí; viscarsi; viscarsí; visch; visch blanch; visco; víscol; viscoquerci; visquera; visquerci; visquercí sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/
 Finnish: (euroopan)misteli sources: Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS
 Galician: visco; visgo sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/
 Greek: βρύ ελατένιο; γκύ; ιξιά; Ιξιός; Ιξός; μέλα; μελάς; μελιός; μηλιός; νεραϊδόξυλο; οξιός; ουξός sources: Voliotis, D. & Athanasiadis, N. 1971: Dendra ke thamni [Trees and shrubs; in Greek]. – Thessaloniki
 High Aragonese: besque; bisca; bisco; biscol; bizco; muérdago sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/
 Majorcan: abre de visch; visc; visch d´enviscar sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/
 Portuguese: visco; visco branco; visco dos carvalhos; visco-branco; visgo; visgo dos carvalhos sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/
 Spanish, Castillian: acebo; alfueyo; almuerdago; almuérdago; almuérgano; almuérzago; amuerdago; amuérgano; apositoria; arfuego; arfueyo; cino; guizque; liga; liga de Europa; liga de robre; liria; marojo; mihura; muérdago; muérdago blanco; ramillo de la suerte; tiña; visco; visco blanco; visco cuercino; visco quercino; visque sources: anonymous 2010: Anthos. Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad – http://www.anthos.es/
 Swedish: mistel sources: Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS
 Valencian: visc; visch de carrasca; visch de pí

Literature

nomenclatural reference

Sp. Pl.: 1023. 1753

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Uotila, P. Viscum album L. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/03cacde1-fb2c-499b-a654-011245f377b6

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