Phoradendron, DNeill 15884,Ecuador.Prov.ZamoraC. a la mina Ecuacorriente21Sep2007 039 (1).jpg
Native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.; presence uncertain in Suriname (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, El Pangui (El Pangui Canton)
-3.630278, -78.447222
Location Remarks
Cordillera del Cóndor. Summit area of sandstone plateau, a western spur of the Cóndor, Contrafuerte Tres Patines, south of Río Tundayme, above the military road to Cóndor Mirador. Dense, wet dwarf forest and low shrubby vegetation. 1680 m elev.
Collectors
David A. Neill, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Hemi-parasitic shrub, in crown of host tree. Leaves thick and coriaceous. Fruits waxy white.
Location
Peru, Cusco, Calca (Lares District)
-12.983889, -72.063333
Location Remarks
Distrito Lares. Manto. Bosque intervenido en el borde de la carretera. 6292 m elev.
Collectors
Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Christopher Davidson, Efraín Suclli, Jim Farfán Vargas, Antonio Peña Cruz
Notes
Arbusto hemiepífito; frutos blancos.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Santalales
Family
Viscaceae
Genus
Dendrophthora
Authorship
Eichler
