Dendrophthora
| Dendrophthora | |
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| Dendrophthora costaricensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Santalaceae |
| Tribe: | Visceae |
| Genus: | Dendrophthora Eichler |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Distichella Tiegh. | |
Dendrophthora, the tree destroyers, is a genus of flowering plants in the sandalwood family Santalaceae, native to tropical and subtropical Latin America and the Caribbean. They are hemiparasitic mistletoes that grow on a wide variety of host plants.