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Loranthus erythrotrichus

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Isotype of Loranthus erythrotrichus K.Krause [family LORANTHACEAE]
Type of Loranthus erythrotrichus K.Krause [family LORANTHACEAE]
Type of Loranthus erythrotrichus K.Krause [family LORANTHACEAE]
Isotype of Loranthus erythrotrichus K.Krause [family LORANTHACEAE]
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Identification
Isotype of Loranthus erythrotrichus K.Krause [family LORANTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Agelanthus musozensis (Rendle) Polhill & Wiens [family LORANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Polhill R.M., 1991
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  • Loranthus erythrotrichus
  • Agelanthus musozensis

Flora

Entry for Agelanthus musozensis (Rendle) Polh. & Wiens [family LORANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1999) Author: POLHILL & D. WIENS
Names
Agelanthus musozensis (Rendle) Polh. & Wiens [family LORANTHACEAE], in Lebrun & Stork, Énum. Pl. Fl. Afr. Trop. 2: 164 (1992) & in U.K.W.F., ed. 2: 156 (1994) & Mistletoes Afr.: 175, photo. 68 (1998). Type: Uganda, Masaka District, Misozi [Musozi], Bagshawe 134 (BM!, holo.)
Loranthus musozensis Rendle [family LORANTHACEAE], in J.L.S. 37: 204 (1905); Sprague in F.T.A. 6(1): 382 (1910)
Loranthus erythrotrichus K. Krause [family LORANTHACEAE], in N.B.G.B. 8: 503, fig. 2A–D (1923). Type: Kenya, Meru, R.E. & T.C.E. Fries 1774 (B!, holo., BR!, K!, iso.)
Tapinanthus erythrotrichus (K. Krause) Danser [family LORANTHACEAE], in Verh. K. Akad. Wet., sect. 2, 29(6): 111 (1933)
Tapinanthus musozensis (Rendle) Danser [family LORANTHACEAE], in Verh. K. Akad. Wet., sect. 2, 29(6): 116 (1933)
Loranthus brideliae Balle var. oblongifolius [family LORANTHACEAE], in B.J.B.B. 17: 243 (1944). Type: Zaire, between Beni and Ruwenzori, Lebrun 4398 (BR!, holo.)
Loranthus blantyreanus (Balle) Balle var. oblongifolius [family LORANTHACEAE], in F.P.N.A. 1: 104 (1948)
Tapinanthus prunifolius (Rendle) Balle subsp. musozensis [family LORANTHACEAE], in Troupin, Fl. Rwanda 1: 189, fig. 38/1 (1978); Troupin, Pl. Lign. Rwanda: 379, fig. 132.1 (1982), nom. invalid., comb. non rite publ.
Information
Spreading and pendent shrub to 2 m., flowering mostly on relatively short lateral branches; branchlets slightly flattened, velvety with very short spreading branched hairs. Leaves subopposite; petiole 5–10 mm. long; lamina slightly fleshy, linear-lanceolate to ovate or oblong-elliptic, 5–10 cm. long, 1.5–8 cm. wide, acute to obtuse at the apex, cuneate to rounded or cordate at the base, puberulous (more densely along midrib), ultimately glabrescent, with 4–6 pairs of spreading-ascending main lateral nerves. Umbels 6–12-flowered; peduncle and pedicels 2–5 mm. long, velvety; bract-limb ovate-triangular, 2–3 mm. long. Receptacle 3 mm. long, densely hairy; calyx cupular, 1–1.5 mm. long, slightly toothed. Corolla 4.5–5.5 cm. long, pale orange-yellow, banded yellow around vents, sometimes greenish at the base, tip turning reddish, densely covered with branched hairs, the longer ones wispy and ± reddish; apex of buds oblong-ellipsoid to narrowly obovoid, 6–7 mm. long, 2.5–3 mm. in diameter, slightly ribbed below; basal swelling ovoid-ellipsoid, 7–8 mm. long, 4 mm. in diameter, narrowed for 4–5 mm. above; lobes erect, 9–11 mm. long, the upper expanded part linear-elliptic, 5.5–6.5 mm. long, 1–1.2 mm. wide, hardened inside. Stamens red, inflexed; tooth 0.3–0.5 mm. long; anthers 3–4 mm. long. Style red opposite vents, with a neck 3–4 mm. above; stigma capitate, 0.8–1 mm. across. Berry red, obovoid, 10 mm. long, 8 mm. in diameter, pubescent.
Range
DISTR. U 4; K 4–6; T 1, 2, 5
Altitude range
1100–1900 m.
Distribution
UGANDA Masaka District Misozi [Musozi], Jan. 1904, Bagshawe 134!KENYA S. Kavirondo District 13 km. Homa Bay to Mbita Point, 5 km. from Ogondo, 4 Nov. 1980, M.G. & C.I. Gilbert 5977!;TANZANIA Maswa District Serengeti Plains, Moru Kopjes, 31 Dec. 1971, Greenway & Myles Turner 14954!;KENYA Kericho District Chepalungu Forest, Feb. 1931, Gardner in F.D. 2514!;KENYA Masai District 2.5 km. W. of Ngore Ngore and Keekorok road junction on road to Lolgorien, 20 Dec. 1985, D. & C. Wiens 6509!TANZANIA Mbulu District Mwembe, 5 Jan. 1962, Polhill & Paulo 1053!;TANZANIA E. Mpwapwa, 20 June 1934, Hornby 592!
Distribution (external)
; Zaire
Rwanda

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