Viscaceae Batsch
Phoradendron flavescens (Nutt.) Engelm. , nom. illeg., scientific
Kuijt, J. (2003), Monograph of Phroadendron (Viscaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 66: 414 [secondary reference]
  • Text: "The name commonly used for this taxon, "P, flavescens,' is the result of several errors and misinterpretations (Johnston 1957; Reveal & Johnston 1989). Pursh (1814) did not intend to publish a new species; he misapplied the name Viscum flavens Swartz and also misspelled the specific epithet. Swartz;s name was superfluous, because in the protologue he cited the earlier Viscum racemosim Aublet as a synonym. The earliest legitimate name for the taxon traditionally known as "P, flavescens" is Viscum serotinum Rafinesque, and the correct name in Phoradendron is P. serotinum (Refinesque) M.C.Johnston subsp. serotinum."