Tapinanthus oleifolius (J.C. Wendl.) Danser |
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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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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 […]). 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).
- SMITH G.F. , E.J. VAN JAARSVELD & AL. (1997). List of Southern African Succulent Plants. Umdaus Press : 87
- POLHILL R. & D. WIENS (1998). Mistletoes of Africa. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew : 193-194
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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 African Plants - a Photo Guide |
see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
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