Viscum purpureum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 1023. 1753.

"Habitat in Carolina, parasitica." RCN: 7404.

Lectotype (Dandy, Sloane Herbarium: 112. 1958): [icon] " Viscum foliis latioribus; baccis purpureis pediculis incidentibus " in Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina 2: 95, t. 95. 1743.

Current name: Dendropemon purpureum (L.) Krug & Urb. ( Loranthaceae).