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Viscum junodii

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Identification
Isotype of Viscum junodii (Tiegh.) Engl. [family VISCACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Viscum shirense Sprague [family VISCACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Polhill R.M., 1997
Related name
  • Aspidixia junodii
  • Viscum articulatum
  • Viscum shirense
  • Viscum junodii
  • Viscum dichotomum

Flora

Entry for VISCUM Junodii Engl. [family VISCACEAE]
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
VISCUM Junodii Engl. [family VISCACEAE], in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. 1, zu ii.–iv. 140, V. Jussodii
Aspidixia Junodi Van Tiegh. [family VISCACEAE], in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xliii. 193.
Information
very closely allied to the preceding species, from which it differs in the following characters: internodes oblanceolate-oblong or obovate-oblong, 2 1/2–6 lin. long, 3/4–1 1/4 lin. broad; male flowers axillary, solitary, with or without a bracteal cup; bracteal cup broadly trough-shaped, 1/4 lin. high, 5/8 lin. long, hardly 1/2 lin. broad; flower 1 3/8 lin. long; solid base 1/3 lin. long; receptacular tube 1/3 lin. long; petals ovate, 5/8 lin. long; female inflorescence and berries not known. null
Distribution
EASTERN REGION Delagoa Bay, Junod, 452!
Notes
Possibly a mere form of V. anceps, E. Meyer. The internodes seem a little shorter and the male flowers rather larger, with different proportions. Only a fragment of the type number was available for examination. The sole specific character given by Van Tieghem was the flattened stem, which it has in common with V. anceps. Van Tieghem erroneously placed V. anceps in a group of species characterised by monœcious flowers (l.c.).

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