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Moquiniella rubra

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Identification
Moquiniella rubra (A.Spreng.) Balle [family LORANTHACEAE ]
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Entry for Moquiniella rubra [family LORANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Moquiniella rubra [family LORANTHACEAE]
Common names
Loranthus bolusii Sprague in Kew Bull. 1915: 81 (1915); Ross, Fl. Natal 152 (1972). Tapinanthus bolusii (Sprague) Danser in Verh. K. Akad. Wet., sect. 2, 29, 6: 108 (1933). Moquinia rubra Spreng. f., Tent. Suppl. Syst. Veg. 9 (1828). Loranthus elegans Cham. & Schlechtd. in Linnaea 3: 209 (1828). Sprague in F.C. 5, 2: 108 (1915); Batten & Bokelmann, Wild Flow. E. Cape Prov. pi. 55, 2 (1966). Dendrophthoe elegans (Cham. & Schlechtd.) Mart, in Flora 1: 109 (1830). Scurrula elegans (Cham. & Schlechtd.) G. Don, Gen. Syst. 3 : 424(1834). Lichtensteinia elegans (Cham. & Schlechtd.) v. Tieghem in Bull. Soc. bot. Fr. 42: 254 (1895). Loranthus oleifolius (Wendl.) Cham. & Schlechtd. var. elegans (Cham. & Schlechtd.) Harv. in F.C. 2: 577 (1862). Syntypes: Cape, Mundt s.n. (K!); Krebs s.n. L. schlechtendalianus Schult., Syst. Veg. Mant. 7, 2: 1635 (1830), nom. superfl., in locum L. elegantis Cham. & Schlechtd. (1828) pro L. eleganti Mart, ex Schult. (1829). L. glaucus Thunb. var. burchellii DC, Prodr. 4: J03 (1830). Type: Cape, Sundays River, Burchell 1881 (K!). L. glaucus sensu DC, Prodr. 4: 303 (1830), non rhunb. L. oleifolius sensu Eckl. & Zeyh., Enum. 358 1834); sensu Presl, Bot. Bemerk. 76 (1844); sensu farloth, Fl. S.A. 1, t. 38 A (1913), non Cham. & chlechtd. L. croceus E. Mey. ex Drege, Zwei Pfl. Doc. 63, », 139, 200 (1844), nom. nud.
Information
Closely related to T. quinquenervius and possibly best considered as conspecific with it. The taxon differs from T. quinquenervius by its shorter and broader calyx tube (see key) and both the colour and pattern of its corolla markings. In T. bolusii the red is bright instead of dark and a very light green is substituted for the white. Flowering from approximately April to November. Fig. 10. The single species with characteristics the genus. Fig. 11.
Habitat
Field work should be completed in central Natal to determine if this taxon is sympatric with T. quin­quenervius, and if so, whether they intergrade. A distinct monotypic genus, possibly representing an offshoot of Tapinanthus or perhaps an isolated evolutionary relic of uncertain ancestry. The nomen­clature of this species has had a long and complex history; for reviews see particularly Sprague (Kew Bull. 1914: 359; 1914) and Danser (Verh. K. Akad. Wet., Sect. 2, 29, 6: 95; 1933).
Use
2. Tieghemia bolusii (Sprague) Wiens in Bothalia 12: 423 (1978). Type: Mozambique, Delagoa Bay, Bolus 9764 (K, holo.!; PRE!). Moquinella rubra (Spreng. f.) Balle in Bull. Seanc. Inst. r. colon, beige 25: 1630 (1954). Type: Cape, Uitenhage, Zeyher 296 (S,? holo.!; PRE, photo.!; see note below).
Range
Parasitic on species of Cassine, Berchemia, and undoubtedly other genera from coastal northern Natal to the north-eastern Transvaal and Mozambique (Map 7). Parasitic on Acacia, Euclea, Ficus, Grewia, Rhus, Diospyros and Salix in the southern Cape region; disjunct in the north-western Cape (Map 8).

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