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Family : Viscaceae |
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Family (APGIII) : SANTALACEAE |
| Protologue : Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew: 184 (1911) |
| Information on the genus : Viscum |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Aspidixia junodii Tiegh. (1896) |
| =Viscum junodii (Tiegh.) Engl. (1897) |
| =Viscum anceps auct. sensu Engl. 1901, non Sprague |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Leafless dioecious shrub with mostly pendulous branches <0,5- >1 m long; distal branches flattened, 2-3(-4) mm wide; fruit pedicellate, smooth, orange. |
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| Ecology : |
Coastal and riverine forest; river banks; woodland in higher rainfall areas, edges of montane forest; on various hosts (e.g. Gardenia, Prunus africana, Albizia), commonly Bridelia at higher altitudes. |
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Very variable species, in: size, length and width of internodes, size of fruit; with a certain geographical pattern. |
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near sea-level -900-1750 m alt.(Mozambique).. Related to V. congdonii but differs by narrower ultimate internodes and smaller fruits. |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Checklist Flow. Pl. Sub-Saharan Africa : 676 (2006).
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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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| Record n°123717 modified 2007-01-30 |
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