Arceuthobium pusillum

TaxID: 35991

Basic Information

Arceuthobium pusillum

Dwarf-mistletoe, Eastern Dwarf Mistletoe

Arceuthobium pusillum, the eastern dwarf mistletoe, is a species of parasitic plant in the sandalwood family Santalaceae. It is the only dwarf mistletoe that occurs in eastern North America and the smallest dwarf mistletoe in the New World. Its principal host is the black spruce (Picea mariana). It was first made known to science by Lucy Millington in 1871.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Santalales

Viscaceae

Arceuthobium

pusillum

Unclassified

Photos (0 photos)

No photos available.

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (5 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Scientific Name Status
Larix Host
Picea Host
Picea glauca Host
Picea mariana Host
Pinus Host

Quarantine Status (2 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
EPPO A1 Absent —
Croatia Absent —

Distribution (4 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

2
Present
2
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Canada Present
Netherlands Absent —
Slovenia Absent —
United States of America Present

Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (3 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
VASCB719-15 - rbcLa 553 Canada 1961-08-30 -
VASCB715-15 - rbcLa 553 Canada 1977-08-09 46.702, -64.79
HIMS2049-12 - rbcLa 552 Canada 2000-12-07 44.5, -81.25

Literature