Attach to hosts by haustoria

• In some classification includes Viscaceae parasitic or hemiparasitic shrublets or shrubs or small trees of tropical and temperate regions

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The Loranthaceae are a family of flowering plants . It consists of about 75 genera and 1,000 species of woody plants , many of them hemiparasites , all of them except three having the mistletoe habit. The three terrestrial species are Nuytsia floribunda ...