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VISCUM shirense Sprague [family VISCACEAE]
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
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: R. M. Polhill and D. Wiens
Names
VISCUM shirense Sprague [family VISCACEAE], in K.B. 1911: 184 (June 1911) & in F.T.A. 6(1): 406 (Oct. 1911); V.E. 3(1): 109, fig. 71K–M (1915); F.D.O.-A. 2: 181 (1932); T.T.C.L.: 293 (1949); Polh. & Wiens, Mistletoes Afr.: 306, fig. 38A (1998). Lectotype, chosen by Polh. & Wiens (1998): Malawi, Mambane, Kirk (K!, lecto.)
VISCUM anceps [family VISCACEAE], [sensu Engl. in E.J. 30: 305 (1901), non Sprague]
VISCUM junodii Sprague [family VISCACEAE], in Fl. Cap. 5(2): 131 (1915). Type: Mozambique, Maputo [Delagoa Bay], Junod 452 (B!, holo., BR!, P!, iso., K!, fragment)
Information
Leafless dioecious shrubs of variable size from under 0.5 m. to more than 1 m. long, larger plants mostly pendulous with age; internodes of distal branches 15–25 mm. long, 2–3(–4) mm. wide, flattened. Bracteal cups of both staminate and pistillate flowers sessile, short, less than 1 mm. long, often obscured by the scale-leaves and sometimes apparently absent or deciduous. Staminate flowers borne mostly singly, but sometimes in dyads or triads. Pistillate flowers borne singly. Style minute but distinct, less than 0.5 mm. long; stigma rounded and only slightly expanded. Berries on 1–1.5 mm. long pedicels, orbicular to ovoid-ellipsoid, 3–5 mm. high, smooth, orange; tepalar ring-scar 1.5–2 mm. in diameter. Fig. 5/9 (p. 20).
Range
DISTR. T 4, 7, 8
Altitude range
900–1600 m., but extending down to coast in Mozambique
Distribution
TANZANIA Ufipa District 35 km. W. of Matai on Kasanga road, 1 km. W. of culvert over Kaye stream, 26 Oct. 1992, Harder, Gereau & C. & M. Kayombo 1249!;TANZANIA Iringa District 20 km. on Mafinga–Madibira road, 3 May 1986, R.M. & D. Polhill & Congdon 5259!;TANZANIA Songea District R. Nakawali, ± 2.5 km. SW. of Kitai, 8 Mar. 1956, Milne-Redhead & Taylor 9116!
Distribution (external)
; SE. Zaire (Shaba)
Zambia
Malawi
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
Notes
The species is variable and the southern populations perhaps are prone toward narrower and shorter internodes, and somewhat smaller berries than the northern forms. Further study is warranted. The species is perhaps most closely related to V. congdonii, from which it differs by its narrower ultimate internodes and smaller fruits.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
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: R. M. Polhill and D. Wiens
Names
VISCUM shirense Sprague [family VISCACEAE], in K.B. 1911: 184 (June 1911) & in F.T.A. 6(1): 406 (Oct. 1911); V.E. 3(1): 109, fig. 71K–M (1915); F.D.O.-A. 2: 181 (1932); T.T.C.L.: 293 (1949); Polh. & Wiens, Mistletoes Afr.: 306, fig. 38A (1998). Lectotype, chosen by Polh. & Wiens (1998): Malawi, Mambane, Kirk (K!, lecto.)
VISCUM anceps [family VISCACEAE], [sensu Engl. in E.J. 30: 305 (1901), non Sprague]
VISCUM junodii Sprague [family VISCACEAE], in Fl. Cap. 5(2): 131 (1915). Type: Mozambique, Maputo [Delagoa Bay], Junod 452 (B!, holo., BR!, P!, iso., K!, fragment)
Information
Leafless dioecious shrubs of variable size from under 0.5 m. to more than 1 m. long, larger plants mostly pendulous with age; internodes of distal branches 15–25 mm. long, 2–3(–4) mm. wide, flattened. Bracteal cups of both staminate and pistillate flowers sessile, short, less than 1 mm. long, often obscured by the scale-leaves and sometimes apparently absent or deciduous. Staminate flowers borne mostly singly, but sometimes in dyads or triads. Pistillate flowers borne singly. Style minute but distinct, less than 0.5 mm. long; stigma rounded and only slightly expanded. Berries on 1–1.5 mm. long pedicels, orbicular to ovoid-ellipsoid, 3–5 mm. high, smooth, orange; tepalar ring-scar 1.5–2 mm. in diameter. Fig. 5/9 (p. 20).
Range
DISTR. T 4, 7, 8
Altitude range
900–1600 m., but extending down to coast in Mozambique
Distribution
TANZANIA Ufipa District 35 km. W. of Matai on Kasanga road, 1 km. W. of culvert over Kaye stream, 26 Oct. 1992, Harder, Gereau & C. & M. Kayombo 1249!;TANZANIA Iringa District 20 km. on Mafinga–Madibira road, 3 May 1986, R.M. & D. Polhill & Congdon 5259!;TANZANIA Songea District R. Nakawali, ± 2.5 km. SW. of Kitai, 8 Mar. 1956, Milne-Redhead & Taylor 9116!
Distribution (external)
; SE. Zaire (Shaba)
Zambia
Malawi
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
Notes
The species is variable and the southern populations perhaps are prone toward narrower and shorter internodes, and somewhat smaller berries than the northern forms. Further study is warranted. The species is perhaps most closely related to V. congdonii, from which it differs by its narrower ultimate internodes and smaller fruits.
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
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: R. M. Polhill and D. Wiens
Names
VISCUM shirense Sprague [family VISCACEAE], in K.B. 1911: 184 (June 1911) & in F.T.A. 6(1): 406 (Oct. 1911); V.E. 3(1): 109, fig. 71K–M (1915); F.D.O.-A. 2: 181 (1932); T.T.C.L.: 293 (1949); Polh. & Wiens, Mistletoes Afr.: 306, fig. 38A (1998). Lectotype, chosen by Polh. & Wiens (1998): Malawi, Mambane, Kirk (K!, lecto.)
VISCUM anceps [family VISCACEAE], [sensu Engl. in E.J. 30: 305 (1901), non Sprague]
VISCUM junodii Sprague [family VISCACEAE], in Fl. Cap. 5(2): 131 (1915). Type: Mozambique, Maputo [Delagoa Bay], Junod 452 (B!, holo., BR!, P!, iso., K!, fragment)
Information
Leafless dioecious shrubs of variable size from under 0.5 m. to more than 1 m. long, larger plants mostly pendulous with age; internodes of distal branches 15–25 mm. long, 2–3(–4) mm. wide, flattened. Bracteal cups of both staminate and pistillate flowers sessile, short, less than 1 mm. long, often obscured by the scale-leaves and sometimes apparently absent or deciduous. Staminate flowers borne mostly singly, but sometimes in dyads or triads. Pistillate flowers borne singly. Style minute but distinct, less than 0.5 mm. long; stigma rounded and only slightly expanded. Berries on 1–1.5 mm. long pedicels, orbicular to ovoid-ellipsoid, 3–5 mm. high, smooth, orange; tepalar ring-scar 1.5–2 mm. in diameter. Fig. 5/9 (p. 20).
Range
DISTR. T 4, 7, 8
Altitude range
900–1600 m., but extending down to coast in Mozambique
Distribution
TANZANIA Ufipa District 35 km. W. of Matai on Kasanga road, 1 km. W. of culvert over Kaye stream, 26 Oct. 1992, Harder, Gereau & C. & M. Kayombo 1249!;TANZANIA Iringa District 20 km. on Mafinga–Madibira road, 3 May 1986, R.M. & D. Polhill & Congdon 5259!;TANZANIA Songea District R. Nakawali, ± 2.5 km. SW. of Kitai, 8 Mar. 1956, Milne-Redhead & Taylor 9116!
Distribution (external)
; SE. Zaire (Shaba)
Zambia
Malawi
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
Notes
The species is variable and the southern populations perhaps are prone toward narrower and shorter internodes, and somewhat smaller berries than the northern forms. Further study is warranted. The species is perhaps most closely related to V. congdonii, from which it differs by its narrower ultimate internodes and smaller fruits.
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