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Loranthus lanceolatus

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Identification
Phrygilanthus lanceolatus (Ruiz & Pav.) Eichler [family LORANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Krause, 1931 Loranthus lanceolatus Ruiz & Pav. [family LORANTHACEAE ] Verified by Pavón, Loranthus lanceolatus Ruiz & Pav. [family LORANTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Phrygilanthus lanceolatus
  • Loranthus dodoensis
  • Loranthus kerstingii
  • Loranthus lanceolatus
  • Tapinanthus belvisii
  • Loranthus belvisii
  • Tapinanthus globiferus
  • Tapinanthus bangwensis
  • Gaiadendron punctatum
  • Gaiadendron lanceolatum

Flora

Entry for LORANTHUS bangwensis Engl. & Krause [family LORANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 6, Part 1, page 255, (1913) Author: (By J. G. Baker, with additions by C. H. Wright.)
Names
LORANTHUS bangwensis Engl. & Krause [family LORANTHACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xliii. 407.
LORANTHUS Belvisii Hook. f. [family LORANTHACEAE], in Hook. Niger Fl. 375; Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 108; Stapf in Johnston, Liberia, ii. 646; not of DC.
LORANTHUS lanceolatus F. N. Williams [family LORANTHACEAE], in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2me sér. vii. 93, not of Beauv.
Information
Branches 4 lin. in diam. or less, glabrous, greyish or tawny, very densely lenticellate, branchlets smooth and brownish in a young state, 1 3/4 lin. in diam. 1 ft. below the apex; internodes 3/4–3 1/2 in. long. Leaves opposite, ovate, ovate-oblong or elliptic, acuminate or not, acute, obtuse or rounded at the apex, obtuse or rounded at the base, 2 1/2–7 in. long, 1–4 1/2 in. broad, more or less coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 3–5 on each side, raised on both surfaces; petiole 2–6 lin. long. Umbels axillary, fascicled, 7–8-flowered; flowers arranged in a circle below the slightly concave apical portion of the peduncle; peduncle 1 1/2–2 lin. long; pedicels 5/8 lin. long; bract obliquely cupular or ovate-saucer-shaped, dorsal margin 1/2– 5/8 lin. long, ventral margin 1/4– 1/3 lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together cupular or suburceolate, 1 1/4–1 3/8 lin. long. Calyx minutely ciliolate, 3/8– 5/8 lin. long. Corolla about 1 1/2 in. long in bud, apical swelling ellipsoid, pentagonal, 1 3/4 lin. long, 1 3/8–1 1/2 lin. in diam., basal swelling ellipsoid, 2 1/2 lin. long; tube eventually split unilaterally about 8 lin. down; lobes reflexed, spathulate, 3–3 1/2 lin. long. Filaments tapering upwards, over 2 1/2 lin. long, tooth 3/8 lin. long; anthers oblong, emarginate, 1 lin. long. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 2 3/4–3 lin. long, neck 1/2– 3/4 lin. long; stigma obovoid, 3/8– 5/8 lin. long.
Distribution
Senegal Upper Guinea on Adansonia digitata, Linn., Roger!Gambia Upper Guinea Upper Baddibu District; Ballanghar, on Mærua angolensis, DC., Lester, 4! Bathurst Garden, on guava trees, Lester, 71! and without precise locality, Mungo Park!Sierra Leone Upper Guinea Bagroo River, Mann, 803! near the town ofSierra Leone Upper Guinea Scott-Elliot, 3916! on Spondias mangifera, Willd., Barter! on Psidium pyriferum, Linn., Vogel, 88! Sugarloaf Mountain, Scott-Elliot, 5783! near Regent, Scott-Elliot, 4016! Scarcies Valley; on the way to Kukuna, Scott-Elliot, 4720!French Guinea Upper Guinea by rivers, near Farana, Scott-Elliot, 5343!Liberia Upper Guinea basin of the Sinoe River, Whyte! Grand Bassa, Ansell! on Coffea liberica, Hiern, Persea gratissima, Gærtn. f., &c., Dinklage, 1908!Gold Coast Upper Guinea Cape Coast Castle, Vogel, 45!Nigeria Upper Guinea Abo, Vogel, 40!Cameroons Upper Guinea Bangwe, Conrau, 253! Great Batanga, Dinklage, 998!

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