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| Family : SANTALACEAE |
Protologue : Harv. & Sond. Fl. Cap. 2: 579 (1862)  |
| Information on the genus : Viscum |
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Status
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Viscum pulchellum Sprague (1915) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Leafy monoecious shrub <0,5 m tall, forming dense rounded clusters; distal branches rounded, internodes short (8-15-20mm), 2mm Ø,with often conspicuously swollen nodes;leaves obovate-rounded;fruit sessile,warty when young,less so when ripe,dull orange. |
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| Ecology : |
Coastal and riverine forest and forest remnants; swamps; drier bushland inland; on various hosts (e.g. Dichrostachys, Galpinia, Maytenus, Mimusops, Ochna). |
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3-610 m alt (S. Africa). Can be confused with V. tuberculatum, but leaves and fruit smaller; separated by different chromosome numbers. – A member of the V. tuberculatum group. |
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E S. Africa (coastal), Swaziland. |
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| Biol./Eco : |
biology: perennial -Shrub, Parasite - Ht +/- 0.5 m. Alt: 3 - 610 m. Distribution: EC, KN, SWZ |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- List South. African Succ. Pl. : 159 (1997).
- Checklist Flow. Pl. Sub-Saharan Africa : 676 (2006).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under chg |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
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