Viscum chyuluense Polhill & Wiens

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Santalaceae > Viscum

Characteristics

Leafless dioecious erect shrubs ± 30 cm. high; internodes of distal branches 10–20 mm. long, 2–3 mm. wide, rounded to slightly compressed on youngest growth.. Bracteal cups sessile, inconspicuous and often obscured by the nodal scale-leaves.. Staminate and pistillate flowers borne sessile and singly (staminate flowers rarely in dyads).. Style indistinct; stigma capitate.. Berries sessile to subsessile, rotund-ellipsoid, 3 mm. high, smooth, orange; tepalar ring-scar 2 mm. in diameter.
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Distribution

Viscum chyuluense world distribution map, present in Kenya and Tanzania, United Republic of

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1003154-1
WFO ID wfo-0001247824
COL ID 5BKC9
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Synonyms

Viscum chyuluense