Phoradendron inaequidentatum Rusby

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Santalaceae > Phoradendron

Characteristics

Much branched plants with terete branches; nodes expanding in age; stems mostly dichotomous through terminal inflorescences, where percurrent with 1-4 pairs of intercalary cataphylls; lateral stems with 2-5 pairs of basal cataphylls spaced further apart distally but less than halfway to next foliage leaves. Petiole stout, to 1 cm long; blade elliptical to somewhat spatulate, to 9 x 6 cm; venation sometimes obscure, palmate. Monoecious. Inflorescence to 3 cm long when in fruit, bisexual; male flowers few and apparently limited to lowest 1(2) fertile internodes; sterile cataphylls 1-3 pairs, terminal inflorescence apparently without; fertile internodes 4 or 5; flowers 1-3 per fertile bract. Fruit somewhat reddish or orange, ovoid, nearly 0.4 x 0.6 cm, perianth segments erect.
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Much branched plants with terete branches; nodes expanding in age; stems mostly dichotomous through terminal inflorescences, where percurrent with 1-4 pairs of intercalary cataphylls; lateral stems with 2-5 pairs of basal cataphylls spaced further apart distally but less than halfway to next foliage leaves. Petiole stout, to 1 cm long; blade elliptical to somewhat spatulate, to 9 x 6 cm; venation sometimes obscure, palmate. Monoecious. Inflorescence to 3 cm long when in fruit, bisexual; male flowers few and apparently limited to lowest 1(2) fertile internodes; sterile cataphylls 1-3 pairs, terminal inflorescence apparently without; fertile internodes 4 or 5; flowers 1-3 per fertile bract. Fruit somewhat reddish or orange, ovoid, nearly 0.4 x 0.6 cm, perianth segments erect.
Life form perennial
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Growth support parasite
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Phoradendron inaequidentatum world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:194094-2
WFO ID wfo-0000474397
COL ID 4GQSZ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 735291
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Synonyms

Phoradendron jenmanii Phoradendron inaequidentatum Dendrophthora inaequidentata Phoradendron prancei