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Plicosepalus curviflorus

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Name

Identification
Plicosepalus robustus Wiens & Polhill [family LORANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Plicosepalus curviflorus (Benth.) Balle [family LORANTHACEAE ] Verified by Balle, S.,
Related name
  • Plicosepalus curviflorus
  • Loranthus faurotii
  • Loranthus pentheri
  • Loranthus curviflorus
  • Plicosepalus robustus

Flora

Entry for PLICOSEPALUS curviflorus (Benth. ex Oliv.) Tieghem [family LORANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by R.M. Polhill & D. Wiens [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
PLICOSEPALUS curviflorus (Benth. ex Oliv.) Tieghem [family LORANTHACEAE], (1894);
Loranthus curviflorus Benth. ex Oliv. [family LORANTHACEAE], (1880). Fig. 84. [type as above]
Loranthus faurotii Franch. [family LORANTHACEAE], (1887);. syntype: N3, “Mijertein, Meraya”, Révoil 125 (P syn.).
Information
Leaves not markedly dissimilar where clustered on short shoots; petiole 1–3 mm long; blade usually linear, oblong-lanceolate or -oblanceolate, atypically obovate, cuneate, 2–7.5 × 0.2–1.5(–2) cm, 3–5-nerved but venation often obscure. Umbels 1–3, axillary, at nodes below or on short shoots, 3–7-flowered; peduncle (1–)3–9 mm; pedicels 4–11 mm. Petals separate, 2.5–3.5 cm; basal part below filament-insertion red, yellow or less often white or orange, S-shaped, 5–8 mm long, with 4–5 paired folds inside; distal part normally red, atypically yellow, recurving, ± twisted, linear-spathulate above. Stamens red; anthers 7–12 mm. Berry red, ellipsoid or urceolate, 9–12 × 7 mm, smooth.
Range
N1–3; C1, 2; S1–3 north along the Red Sea coast to southernmost Egypt, through Eritrea, Ethiopia and Djibouti to Kenya, Uganda, eastern Zaire and Tanzania, also in the Middle East and the Arabian peninsula.
Altitude range
30–1250 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Bally 11776; Thulin & Warfa 4578; Warfa 1034.
Notes
A common species providing useful forage for livestock.

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