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Loranthus oleifolius

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Identification
Loranthus oleifolius (J.C.Wendl.) Cham. & Schltdl. [family LORANTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Tapinanthus quequensis (Weim.) Polhill & Wiens [family LORANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Loranthus ampullaceus
  • Tapinanthus oleifolius
  • Loranthus oleoides
  • Macrosolen cochinchinensis
  • Loranthus oleifolius
  • Moquiniella rubra
  • Loranthus globosus
  • Tapinanthus forbesii
  • Tapinanthus quequensis
  • Loranthus namaquensis
  • Agelanthus natalitius
  • Loranthus zeyheri

Flora

Entry for LORANTHUS elegans Cham. & Schlecht. [family LORANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 5, Part 2, page 100, (1925) Author: (By T. A. SPRAGUE.)
Names
LORANTHUS elegans Cham. & Schlecht. [family LORANTHACEAE], in Linnæa, iii. 209;—Drège in Linnæa, xix. 663; Sprague in Kew Bulletin, 1914, 362.
LORANTHUS schlechtendalianus Schultes [family LORANTHACEAE], Syst. Veg. vii. 1635; Krauss in Flora, 1844, 432; Meisn. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ii. 539.
LORANTHUS croceus E. Meyer [family LORANTHACEAE], in Drège, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 63, 109, 139, 200, name only.
LORANTHUS glaucus DC. [family LORANTHACEAE], Prodr. iv. 303, not of Thunb.
LORANTHUS glaucus DC. var. Burchellii [family LORANTHACEAE], l.c.
LORANTHUS oleæfolius Eckl. & Zeyh. [family LORANTHACEAE], Enum. 358; Harv. in Harv. & Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. 576; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. 209; Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 83; Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iii. 1, 187, t. 126, fig. L—N; not of Cham. & Schlecht.
LORANTHUS oleifolius Marloth [family LORANTHACEAE], Fl. S. Afr. i. 167, t. 38, fig. A.
LORANTHUS speciosus Engl. [family LORANTHACEAE], in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 1 zu ii.–iv. 131, not of Dietr.
Lichtensteinia elegans Van Tiegh. [family ], in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 254.
Lichtensteinia speciosa Van Tiegh. [family ], in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 254.
Moquinia rubra A. Spreng. [family ], Tent. Suppl. Syst. Veg. 9 (1828); Griesselich in Linnæa, v. 421.
Information
practically glabrous; branches terete, greyish-brown, 1–1 1/2 lin. in diam. 6 in. below the apex; branchlets spreading or ascending; internodes 1/4–1 in. long; leaves ternate, opposite or alternate, petioled, linear-lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, 3/4–2 1/2 in. long, 2–8 lin. broad, obtuse at the apex, narrowed into the base, thinly coriaceous, very obliquely penninerved, nerves slightly raised, especially on the lower surface; petiole 1–2 lin. long; inflorescence a 3–6-flowered umbel, or a very short raceme bearing one or two flowers near the middle of the rhachis and an umbellate group of three or four flowers at its apex; umbels or racemes axillary, solitary or geminate, leafless or bearing at the base a pair of leaves or a whorl of three leaves; peduncle or rhachis 1 1/2–6 lin. long; pedicels 1–2 1/2 lin. long, like the bract very minutely puberulous with brownish stellate hairs; bract elliptic-oblong or triangular-ovate from a saucer-shaped base, 5/8– 3/4 lin. long, ventral margin hardly 1/8 lin. long; flowers pentamerous, apparently expanding in two stages, the corolla-lobes separating for a short distance in the first place, and becoming more or less revolute, while the stamens remain erect; in the second stage the corolla-lobes separate from one another as far down as the insertion of the stamens and coil up spirally, while the stamens break off shortly above their insertion; the corolla-tube eventually splits down unilaterally or irregularly nearly to its base; receptacle and calyx together narrowly campanulate, 1 3/8–1 1/2 lin. long; calyx subtruncate or undulate, 1/4– 3/8 lin. long; corolla linear in bud, inconspicuously pentagonal, 1 1/4 in. long or more, slightly constricted 2 1/2–3 1/2 lin. above the base, slightly enlarged towards the apex; lobes linear, about 1 in. long; filaments inserted 4 1/4–5 1/2 lin. above the base of the corolla, narrowed upwards, 6–7 lin. long; anthers linear, subtruncate, 3 1/2–5 1/2 lin. long, not transversely divided; disc 1/6 lin. high; style filiform; stigma capitate, slightly oblique. null
Distribution
CENTRAL REGION Prince Albert Div.; between Dwyka River and Zwartbulletje, Drège! Beaufort West Div.; by the Gamka River, Burke! Zeyher, 752! Somerset Div.; Bowker! Atherstone, 13! 106! Blyde River, Burchell, 2972! Little Fish River, Hutton! near Somerset East, 2100 ft., on Acacia sp., Schlechter, 2702! Graaff Reinet Div.; Graaff Reinet, Burchell, 2115! Bolus, 72! near Monkey Ford, Burchell, 2887! Murraysburg Div.; near Murraysburg, Tyson, 347!COAST REGION Clanwilliam Div.; Olifants River, on Acacia sp., Zeyher, 2282! Lange Vallei, Drège. George Div.; Outeniqualand, Niven 8! Uitenhage Div.; by the Zwartkops and Bushmans Rivers, Zeyher, 107! by the Zwartkops River, Burchell, 4429! Zeyher, 2283! Krauss, 1217; and without precise locality, Cooper, 1507! Alexandria Div.; Olifants Hoek near the Bushmans River, Pappe! Albany Div.; near Grahamstown, on Acacia sp., MacOwan, 568! Bushmans River, Drège! Queenstown Div.; base of Shepstone Berg, 4500 ft., Galpin, 1812! Cathcart Div.; Goshen, Windvogelsberg, on Acacia horrida, Willd., Baur, 930! King Williamstown Div.; Berlin, on Acacia horrida, Willd., Durban, 45! Komgha Div.; near Komgha, Flanagan, 727! Div.? Caledons Kluft, Mund!
Notes
Harvey, Fl. Cap. ii. 576, erroneously identified Loranthus oleæfolius, Cham. & Schlecht., with L. elegans, Cham. & Schlecht., and described the true L. oleæfolius as a new species, L. namaquensis, Harv.

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