Viscum
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https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/tag/21797
- Note
- Viscum is a genus of about 70–100 species of mistletoes, native to temperate and tropical regions of Europe, Africa, Asia and Australasia. Traditionally, the genus has been placed in its own family Viscaceae, but recent genetic research by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group shows this family to be correctly placed within a larger circumscription of the sandalwood family, Santalaceae. Its name is the origin of the English word viscous, after the Latin viscum, a sticky bird lime made from the plants´ berries.
They are woody, obligate hemiparasitic shrubs with branches 15–80 centimetres (5.9–31.5 in) long. Their hosts are woody shrubs and trees. The foliage is dichotomously or verticillately branching, with opposite pairs or whorls of green leaves which perform some photosynthesis (minimal in some species, notably V. nudum), but with the plant drawing its mineral and water needs from the host tree. Different species of Viscum tend to use different host species; most species are able to use several different host species.
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Silberne Rassel mit Elfenbeinring
Beide Seiten des kreisrunden,...
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Mistelzweige, Flächenrapport, unbegrenztes Flächenornament
Der Dekor bildet einen...
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Brosche
Ausführung: Carl M. Cohr, ca....
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Rankenband mit Mistelzweigen; Gesimsleiste
Das Motiv dieses Dekors ist...
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Jardinière mit Misteldekor, Victor Saglier Frères, Paris um 1900
Die Jardiniere besitzt eine...
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