檀香科 檀香科约属约种广泛分布在全球热带和温带地区中国有余属约种分布在全国各地 本科植物为灌木草本稀为小乔木多为寄生或半寄生植物叶互生或对生全缘有的种类退化为鳞片花淡绿色两性或单性辐射对称单生或排成各式花序无花瓣花萼为花瓣状肉质裂片果实为核果或坚果最重要的白檀Santalum album L木材干燥后可以作为药材和香料成为檀香所以白檀也叫檀香树槲寄生在英语国家的文化中有重要作用 年的克朗奎斯特分类法单独分出槲寄生科和尖苞樹科都列在檀香目下年根据基因亲缘关系分类的APG 分类法将这三科合并为本科 屬 Acanthosyris Amphorogyne Anthobolus Antidaphne previously Eremolepidaceae Arceuthobium previously Viscaceae Buckleya Cervantesia Ruiz  Pavón Choretrum RBr Cladomyza Comandra Nutt Daenikera Dendromyza Dendrophthora previously Viscaceae Dendrotrophe Dufrenoya Elaphanthera Eubrachion previously Eremolepidaceae Exocarpos Pers Geocaulon Ginalloa previously Viscaceae Jodina Korthalsella Tiegh Kunkeliella Lepidoceras previously Eremolepidaceae Leptomeria Mida Myoschilos Nanodea Nestronia Notothixos previously Viscaceae Okoubaka Pellegr  Normand Omphacomeria Osyridocarpos Osyris Phacellaria Phoradendron Nutt previously Viscaceae Pilgerina Pyrularia Rhoiacarpos Santalum L Scleropyrum Spirogardnera Staufferia Thesidium Thesium L Viscum L previously Viscaceae excluded genera Arjona  to Schoepfiaceae Quinchamalium  to Schoepfiaceae