Viscum whitei Blakely

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Santalaceae > Viscum

Characteristics

Pendulous plant to 1 m long. Internodes terete or ±compressed-angular. Leaves oblanceolate to narrowly obovate, rounded but terminating in a small mucro, the lamina 1.5-5.5 cm long, 3-11 mm wide, gradually attenuate into obscure petiole 1-8 mm long. Inflorescence a pedunculate axillary cyme of 3-5 flowers, the central flower male or all flowers female; peduncle c. 2 mm long at anthesis reaching 20 mm long in fruit, dilated upwards; bracts 1.5 mm long, spreading, acute. Male flower orbicular, 1.5 mm diam., 2-merous, on stipe 1 mm long. Female flower cylindrical; ovary 1.8 mm long; tepals 2-3, 1 mm long. Fruit globular, 5 mm long, somewhat translucent.
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The usual hosts are species of Loranthaceae.
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Distribution

Viscum whitei world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:552606-1
WFO ID wfo-0000424429
COL ID 5BKMK
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Synonyms

Viscum whitei