''Cladocolea cupulata'' is a species of

dioecious Dioecy (; ; adj. dioecious , ) is a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct individual organisms (unisexual) that produce male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproductio ...

, parasitic mistletoe in the family

Loranthaceae Loranthaceae, commonly known as the showy mistletoes, is a family of flowering plants. It consists of about 75 genera and 1,000 species of woody plants, many of them hemiparasites. The three terrestrial species are ''Nuytsia floribunda'' (the W ...

. The natural range of ''Cladocolea cupulata'' is throughout parts of

Jalisco Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

, where it is known to specifically grow on

pine trees A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus ''Pinus'' () of the family Pinaceae. ''Pinus'' is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae. The World Flora Online created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden accepts ...

(''Pinus'' spp.), such as, ''

Pinus lumholtzii ''Pinus lumholtzii'', the Lumholtz's pine or pino triste ('sad pine' in Spanish), is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae. It is endemic to northwestern Mexico. It is named after Norwegian explorer Carl Sofus Lumholtz. This pine occurs ...

'', ''

Pinus herrerae ''Pinus herrerae'', Herrera's pine, is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae. It is found only in Mexico Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country in the ...

'', '' Pinus douglasiana'', ''

Pinus jaliscana ''Pinus jaliscana'', the Jalisco pine, is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae. It is endemic to southwestern Mexico, native to the Pacific slopes of the Sierra Madre del Sur within western Jalisco state. It is threatened by habitat loss ...

'', and ''

Pinus georginae ''Pinus georginae'', commonly known (in Spanish) as Pino chino, is a species of medium-sized conifer in the family Pinaceae. It was first described by Pérez de la Rosa in 2009, and was named for Georgina Vargas Amado, who was with Pérez de l ...

''. On average, most parasitized pine trees have 1-5 mistletoe growing on them. It has long, narrow leaves (that tend to grow inwards), with saddle-like peduncles that hold four flowers or so, and a long set of stems similar to other species in the genus. No official conservation status has been assigned to this species yet, although it would most likely check under “

Least Concern A least-concern species is a species that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as evaluated as not being a focus of species conservation because the specific species is still plentiful in the wild. T ...

” if the species were to be evaluated.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15381516 Loranthaceae Plants described in 1975 Flora of Jalisco