| Tapinanthus oleifolius (J. C. Wendl.) Danser |
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| Family : LORANTHACEAE |
| Information on the genus : Tapinanthus |
| Basionym : Lichtensteinia oleifolia J. C. Wendl. |
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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) Homotypic |
 Loranthus oleifolius (J. C. Wendl.) Cham. & Schltdl. |
| Loranthus oleifolius var. luteus Neusser |
| Lichtensteinia oleifolia J. C. Wendl. |
| Scurrula oleifolia (J. C. Wendl.) G. Don |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =*Loranthus meyeri C. Presl |
| =*Loranthus meyeri var. inachabensis Engl. |
| =Loranthus namaquensis Harv. |
| =Tapinanthus namaquensis (Harv.) Tiegh. |
| =Loranthus namaquensis var. ligustrifolius Engl. |
| =Lichtensteinia speciosa (F. Dietr.) Tiegh. |
| =Loranthus speciosus F. Dietr. |
| =Loranthus bumbensis Hiern |
| =Loranthus quinquangulus Engl. & Schinz |
| =Tapinanthus quinquangulus (Engl. & Schinz) Danser |
| =Loranthus zambesicus Gibbs (1906) |
| =Loranthus quinquangulus var. pedicellatus Sprague |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Shrub to c. 1,5 m tall with spreading puberulous stems, glabrescent, grey to brownish, densely but inconspicuously lenticellate;leaves petiolate, coriaceous,dull green to glaucous,lanceolate-ovate,generally glabrous; corolla-tube red with white spots[…] |
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see more in the book |
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| Ecology : |
Sandy places by river, river banks (Angola); dry mixed woodland, wooded grassland; widespread in drier areas; on a wide range of hosts (e. g. commonly Acacia and Combretum, also Aloe, Diospyros, Maytenus […]). |
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70-1950 m alt. (S. Africa). |
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Namibia, Caprivi Strip, Botswana, S. Africa. |
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| Biol./Eco : |
perennial-Shrub, Parasite- Ht 1.5 m. Alt: 70 - 1950 m. Distribution: BOT, NAM, FS, LP, NC, NW |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Ethnobotany of the Kwanyama Ovambos : 110 (1985).
- List South. African Succ. Pl. : 87 (1997).
- Mistletoes Afr. : 193-194 (1998).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Namibia photo from Kyffhauser |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
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| Record n°25368 |
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