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Identification
Loranthus thorei K.Krause [family LORANTHACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Agelanthus sansibarensis (Engl.) Polhill & Wiens [family LORANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Polhill R.M., 1989
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Flora

Entry for Agelanthus sansibarensis Polh. & Wiens subsp. montanus [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 sansibarensis Polh. & Wiens subsp. montanus [family LORANTHACEAE], Mistletoes Afr.: 166, fig. 14B (1998). Type: Kenya, N. Nyeri District, Nyeri, Wiens 4512 (K!, holo., EA, iso.)
Loranthus thorei K. Krause [family LORANTHACEAE], in N.B.G.B. 8: 501, fig. 3 (1923). Lectotype, see Polh. & Wiens (1998): Kenya, N. Nyeri District, Nyeri, R.E. & T.C.E. Fries 2127 (B!, lecto., BR!, K!, UPS, isolecto.)
Tapinanthus thorei (K. Krause) Danser [family LORANTHACEAE], in Verh. K. Akad. Wet., sect. 2, 29(6): 121 (1933)
Loranthus sansibarensis [family LORANTHACEAE], [sensu Chiov., Racc. Bot. Miss. Consol. Kenya: 109 (1935), non Engl. sensu stricto]
Information
Calyx 3–4 mm. long, nearly as long as the basal swelling of the corolla. Corolla-lobes 10–11 mm. long.
Range
DISTR. K 3, 4; T 2 known only from Mt. Kenya, Aberdares and Kilimanjaro
Altitude range
1800–2500 m.
Distribution
KENYA Naivasha District 19 km. W. of Ol Kalou, 16 Feb. 1972, Wiens 4564!;TANZANIA Moshi District forest above Kilimanjaro Timbers, 25 June 1994, Grimshaw 94956!KENYA N. Nyeri District Nyeri, 22 Jan. 1932, V.G. van Someren in Napier 1766!;KENYA S. Nyeri District Aberdare Mts., Kabage, Apr. 1930, Dale in F.D. 2357!

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