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Contains a comprehensive description of the family Loranthaceae with descriptions of its constituent 77 genera and regional keys to the genera.
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Kuijt, J., Hansen, B. (2015). Loranthaceae. In: Flowering Plants. Eudicots. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, vol 12. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09296-6_14
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