Arceuthobium
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Mistletoe (Arceuthobium) · May be Arceuthobium vaginatum susbp. cryptopodum. · 8/30/2014 · New Mexico · ≈ 10 × 7″ (25 × 16 cm) 
Species not yet identified 
Mistletoe (Arceuthobium) · May be Arceuthobium vaginatum susbp. cryptopodum. · 8/30/2014 · New Mexico · ≈ 10 × 7″ (25 × 16 cm) Species not yet identified 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Rosidae | Roses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more |
| Order | Santalales | Mostly parasitic plants without a testa, |
| Family | Viscaceae | Mistletoes |
| Genus | Arceuthobium | From the Greek arkeuthos, “juniper,” and bios, “life,” because the only species included in the genus when it was first given the name was a parasite on Juniperus oxycedri |
Arceuthobium description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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