Englerina kapiriensis (Balle) Polhill & Wiens

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Loranthaceae > Englerina

Characteristics

Petiole 2–3 mm long, sometimes puberulous; lamina coriaceous, slightly glaucous, 4–12 × 0.8–2 cm, linear to linear-lanceolate, often slightly curved, narrowed at both ends, decurrent at base, glabrous or with a few small hairs near the base, with 5–9 pairs of lateral nerves, lower ones at least steeply ascending.
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Corolla yellow, tube sometimes greenish, 2–2.2 cm long; buds with globular basal swelling 2 × 3 mm, tapered upwards from vents; tube 3–4 mm long with V-slit extending to calyx, smooth inside; lobes erect, ultimately tending to become reflexed, slightly tapered.
Stamen filaments extended down tube as a ridge, becoming low around basal swelling, free parts orange, 7–8 mm long, tightly coiled; tooth 0.7 mm long; anthers 6–7 mm long.
Flowers 4–9 per umbel; peduncle 1–4 mm long; pedicels 3–4 mm long, glabrous; bract 2–3 mm long, ovate-triangular from a shallow cup, ciliolate.
Stems to 0.7 m long, mostly pendulous; twigs slightly compressed, glabrous to hispidulous.
Berry pinkish-red, 7 × 4 mm, obovoid, slightly pruinose.
Receptacle 2–2.5 mm long, glaucous.
Calyx 1 mm long, ciliolate.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support parasite
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Englerina kapiriensis world distribution map, present in Malawi and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:969306-1
WFO ID wfo-0000667971
COL ID 6F99G
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Synonyms

Englerina kapiriensis Loranthus kapiriensis