Helixanthera is moderately sized genus of showy mistletoe with over 40 species from tropical Africa, southern Asia and Malesia.

[1][2] The genus was described already 1790 by the Portuguese botanist João de Loureiro in his Flora Cochinchinensis.

A new species, Helixanthera schizocalyx, was described in 2010.

[3] The Catalogue of Life includes the following species:[2] þ

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