shrub
A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...
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They are semi- parasitic, requiring the roots of a host tree, a trait they share with many other members of the Santalaceae.
In Australia, they are known as ''ballarts'', and several species are known as cherries.
Within Australia, an identification key is available for New South Wales species, and for Victorian species.
''Exocarpos'' species
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Exocarpos aphyllus
''Exocarpos aphyllus'' (common name leafless ballart) belongs to the sandalwood plant family (Santalaceae). Retrieved 21 August 2019. Noongar names are chuk, chukk, dtulya and merrin. It is a species endemic to Australia.
Uses
Noongar (south-w ...
Exocarpos dasystachys
''Exocarpos'' is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees in the sandalwood family, Santalaceae. They are found throughout Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands.
They are semi-parasitic, requiring the roots of a host tree, a trait ...
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Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal (27 November 1794, Xanten – 12 October 1866, Halle an der Saale, Halle) was a German botanist.
He studied in Berlin, in 1819 becoming curator of the Botanical Garden in Berlin, Royal Herbarium. He was ...
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Exocarpos floribunda
''Exocarpos'' is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees in the sandalwood family, Santalaceae. They are found throughout Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands.
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Domin
Karel Domin (4 May 1882, Kutná Hora, Kingdom of Bohemia – 10 June 1953, Prague) was a Czech botanist and politician.
After gymnasium school studies in Příbram
Příbram (; german: Freiberg in Böhmen, ''Przibram'', or ''Pribram'', ...
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Exocarpos gaudichaudii
''Exocarpos gaudichaudii'' (also called Gaudichaud's exocarpus or hulumoa) is a species of plant in the Santalaceae family. It is endemic to Hawaii. It is threatened by habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat ...
Exocarpos glandulacea
''Exocarpos'' is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees in the sandalwood family, Santalaceae. They are found throughout Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands.
They are semi-parasitic, requiring the roots of a host tree, a trait ...
Exocarpos homalocladus
''Exocarpos homalocladus'', commonly known as the grass tree, is a flowering plant in the sandalwood family. The specific epithet comes from the Greek (“flat”) and (“cladode”, a leaf-like stem, specialised for photosynthesis), with refe ...
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C.Moore
Charles Moore (10 May 1820 – 30 April 1905) was an Australian botanist and director of the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.
Early life
Charles Moore was born Charles Moir in Dundee, Scotland on 10 May 1820. His parents were Charles, a gardener, ...
Exocarpos humifusus
''Exocarpos humifusus'', also known as mountain native-cherry, is a small shrub member of the family Santalaceae, all of which are hemiparasites. ''Exocarpos humifusus'' is a dwarfish and sprawling shrub with woody stems, and small dry fruits th ...
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Exocarpos latifolius
''Exocarpos latifolius'' is a species of parasitic tree, in the plant family Santalaceae. They have the common names broad leaved ballart, scrub sandal-wood, scrub cherry, oringorin, broad leaved cherry or native cherry. The species is found in ...
''R.Br.- Broad-leaved cherry
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Exocarpos leptomerioides
''Exocarpos'' is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees in the sandalwood family, Santalaceae. They are found throughout Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands.
They are semi-parasitic, requiring the roots of a host tree, a trait ...
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Exocarpos luteolus
''Exocarpos luteolus'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the sandalwood family known by the common names leafy ballart or '. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Kauai.Forbes- ''Heau'' (Island of
Kauai
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Exocarpos nanus
''Exocarpos'' is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees in the sandalwood family, Santalaceae. They are found throughout Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands.
They are semi- parasitic, requiring the roots of a host tree, a tr ...
Exocarpos odoratus
''Exocarpos'' is a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees in the sandalwood family, Santalaceae. They are found throughout Southeast Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands.
They are semi- parasitic, requiring the roots of a host tree, a ...
Exocarpos strictus
''Exocarpos strictus'', with common names pale-fruit ballart, pale ballart, and dwarf cherry, is an adaptably versatile erect shrub bearing cherry-like fruit, that forms dense thickets, that is native to parts of Australia (including Tasmania). ...
''R.Br.- Pale-fruit ballart, dwarf cherry
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Exocarpos syrticola
''Exocarpos syrticola'' (common name coastal ballart, coast ballart) belongs to the sandalwood plant family (Santalaceae). Retrieved 24 August 2019. It is a species endemic to Australia and found on the coastal fringes of Victoria, Tasmania, and ...