Taxillus kaempferi

Taxillus kaempferi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Loranthaceae
Genus: Taxillus
Species:
T. kaempferi
Binomial name
Taxillus kaempferi
(DC.) Danser 1933
Subspecies
  • Taxillus kaempferi var. grandiflorus H.S. Kiu
  • Taxillus kaempferi var. kaempferi

Taxillus kaempferi (Chinese: 小叶钝果寄生; pinyin: xiao ye dun guo ji sheng) is a parasitic plant species in the genus Taxillus found in China (Anhui, Fujian, W Hubei, S Jiangxi, Sichuan, S Zhejiang), Bhutan and Japan. Its host is Pinus thunbergii.

The flavonol avicularin can be produced from T. kaempferi. Other flavonoids constituents of the plant are hyperin, quercitrin and taxillusin.

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