Viscum album L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Mistletoe
🇫🇷 Gui blanc, Gui des feuillus, Gui, Bois de la Sainte-Croix

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Order: Santalales
Family: Santalaceae
Genus: Viscum
Species: Viscum album

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

The individual below was found on a fallen, dead Robinia pseudoacacia L., 1753.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

V. album subsp. abietis (Wiesb.) Abrom., 1928, P;
V. album subsp. album L., 1753, P;
V. album subsp. creticum N.Böhling, Greuter, Raus, B.Snogerup, Snogerup & Zuber, 2002;
V. album subsp. meridianum (Danser) D.G.Long, 1982.

Photographs

img/viscum-album.webp — Viscum album - Fruits

img/viscum-album-2.webp — Viscum album - Leaf

Sources

Chappuis, E. (2014). Viscum album (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2014. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/203473/2766017
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 1039). Biotope.