What is Santalales?
{{Taxobox | name = Santalales | image = Starr 041006-0222 Santalum haleakalae.jpg | image_width = | image_caption = ''Santalum haleakalae'' | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = '''Santalales''' | ordo_authority = | subdivision_ranks = Families | subdivision = }} '''Santalales''' is an order of [[flowering plant]]s. It has eight families, 151 genera, and about 1,000 species. All the families in Santalales are [[Parasite|parasitic]] to some degree. They attach either to the roots or [[branch]]es of their [[Host (biology)|hosts]]. [[Mistletoe]] is the common name for some of the parasitic plants in the order. {{-}} {{wikispecies|Santalales}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Santalales| ]] [[Category:Parasitic plants]]