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Protologue : Harv. & Sond. Fl. Cap. 2: 581 (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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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Leafless dioecious, densely and intricately branched shrub 0,5-1m tall, often pale green; distal branches rounded, 1-2mm Ø; fruit pedicellate, densely warty when young, faintly tuberculed to ±smooth at maturity, pale yellow-orange.– Flowering in dry season. |
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| Ecology : |
Mixed woodland and bushland; mainly on Acacia, but also Combretum. 60-1600 m alt. |
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Related to V. subverrucosum, with mostly ±smooth fruit. A member of the V. menyharthii group. |
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N & E S. Africa, Botswana, Swaziland; WC Namibia – disjunct. |
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| Biol./Eco : |
biology: perennial -Shrub, Parasite - Ht 0.5 - 1 m. Alt: 60 - 1525 m. Distribution: BOT, NAM, GA, KN, LP, MP, NW, SWZ |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Bothalia 3: 231 (1937).
- SMITH G.F. , E.J. VAN JAARSVELD & AL. (1997). List of Southern African Succulent Plants. Umdaus Press : 159
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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