Viscum loranthicola Polhill & Wiens

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Santalaceae > Viscum

Characteristics

Leafless monoecious relatively small, ± 10–30 cm. high, erect densely branched shrubs; internodes of distal branches 10–15 mm. long, 1–2 mm. wide, rounded to slightly compressed on youngest growth.. Bracteal cups sessile.. Staminate and pistillate flowers borne singly and subsessile.. Staminate flowers with the anthers forming a central synandrium, the tepals often yellow, the staminate flowers often uncommon or rare (less than 10%).. Style indistinct; stigma a rounded prominence emerging from the summit of the fruit.. Berries sessile, rotund, 3 mm. high, smooth, orange; tepalar ring-scar 2 mm. in diameter.
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Leafless, monoecious, relatively small, c. 0.1–0.3 m high, erect, densely branched shrubs; internodes of distal branches 10–15 × 1–2 mm, rounded to slightly compressed on youngest growth.
Staminate flowers with the anthers forming a central synandrium, the perianth segments often yellow, the staminate flowers often uncommon or rare (10%).
Style indistinct; stigma a rounded prominence emerging from the summit of the fruit.
Staminate and pistillate flowers 2 mm long, borne singly and subsessile.
Berries sessile, orange, 3 mm high, rotund, smooth.
Ring scar left by perianth 2 mm in diameter.
Bracteal cups sessile.
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Growth support parasite
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Viscum loranthicola world distribution map, present in Malawi, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:997536-1
WFO ID wfo-0001075868
COL ID 5BKGC
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Synonyms

Viscum loranthicola