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Tapinanthus rubromarginatus

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Identification
Loranthus prunifolius E.Mey. ex Harv. [family LORANTHACEAE ] Tapinanthus rubromarginatus (Engl.) Danser [family LORANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Loranthus glabriflorus Conrath [family LORANTHACEAE ]
Related name
  • Loranthus prunifolius
  • Tapinanthus rubromarginatus
  • Loranthus glabriflorus
  • Loranthus rubromarginatus

Flora

Entry for Tapinanthus rubromarginatus [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
Tapinanthus rubromarginatus [family LORANTHACEAE]
Common names
Loranthus rubromarginatus Engl, in Bot. Jb. 40: 535 (1908); Sprague in F.C. 5, 2: 116 (1915); Burtt Davy, Fl. Transv. 465 (1932); Letty in Wild Flow. Transv. pi. 61, 3 (1962); Ross, Fl. Natal 152 (1972). L. glabriflorus Conrath in Kew Bull. 1908: 226 (1908). Type: Transvaal, near Witpoortje, Conrath 331 (K, holo.!).
Information
Closely related to T. oleifolius and T. rubromarginatus. Distinct from T. oleifolius by a glabrous corolla and slightly winged sutures of clavate apical portion of mature buds, and differentiated from T. rubromar­ginatus by the dull pink corolla with greenish apex, and the oblong ovary (in T. rubromar­ginatus the ovary is about as long as wide). Fig. 1.
Habitat
Although Sprague considered this species to be an element of T. oleifolius, which it does resemble, T. forbesii is morphologically isolated from that species. It is also ecologically differentiated by its occurrence in the lowveld of the northern and eastern Transvaal, north-eastern Swaziland, adjoining Mozambique, and probably Rhodesia.
Use
1. Tapinanthus rubromarginatus (Engl.) Danser in Verh. K. Akad. Wet., sect. 2, 29, 6: 119 (1933). Type: Transvaal, Magaliesberg near Buffelspoort, Engler 2837a (K!).
Range
Parasitic on species of Acacia and Sterculia. Occurs in the northern and eastern Transvaal and in Mozambique (Map 1).

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