Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Phoradendron berteroanum
suelda con suelda, Galápagos mistletoe, foradendron
1st June 2021 family changed from Viscaceae to Santalaceae (Patricia Jaramillo & María del Mar Trigo).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Santales
Family
Santalaceae
Genus
Phoradendron
Species
berteroanum
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Phoradendron henslovii (Hook. f.) B.L. Rob. (POWO, 2022); Phoradendron florianum (Andersson) Robinson, P. galapageium (Hook. f.) Robinson, P. henslovii (Hook.f.) Robinson, P. uncinatum Robinson, Viscum florianum Andersson, V. galapageium Hook. f., V. henslovii Hook. f. fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010).
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
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- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Phoradendron berteroanum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16111. Accessed 30 October 2026.