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Agelanthus musozensis (Rendle) Polhill & Wiens
Family : LORANTHACEAE
Information on the genus : Agelanthus
Basionym : Loranthus musozensis Rendle
 
 
Status
Status for TA : accepted (present)
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Loranthus musozensis Rendle
 Tapinanthus musozensis (Rendle) Danser
 Tapinanthus prunifolius subsp. musozensis (Rendle) Balle
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Loranthus brideliae var. oblongifolius Balle
=Tapinanthus erythrotrichus (K. Krause) Danser
=Loranthus erythrotrichus K. Krause
=Loranthus blantyreanus var. oblongifolius (Balle) Balle
 
Ecology and distribution
Trop. Afr.
Biology : Spreading, pendent shrub to 2 m; branchlets slightly flattened, velvety with very short spreading branched hairs; leaves subopposite; flowers on relatively short lateral branches, pale orange-yellow, yellow-banded around vents[…]
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Ecology : Forest edges to wooded grassland, bushland, often on rock outcrops; exclusively on Ficus.
  1100-1900 m alt. Very close to A. heteromorphus but with distinctly cupular calyx.
 
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Map
carte afrique num 25747
 
Record n°25747
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