Viscum combreticola | |
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V. combreticola on a Strychnos host | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Santalales |
Family: | Santalaceae |
Genus: | Viscum |
Species: | V. combreticola
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Binomial name | |
Viscum combreticola | |
Synonyms | |
Viscum combreticola, the Combretum mistletoe, is a leafless, dioecious mistletoe shrub, [2] occurring from southern to tropical Africa, in a broad zone following the Rift Valleys. [3] Though it is typically a hemiparasite of Combretum species, it may also be found on Terminalia (Combretaceae), Acacia, Croton, Diplorhynchus, Dombeya, Heteropyxis, Maytenus, Melia, Strychnos or Vangueria. [1]
The much-branched twigs are flattened, ribbed and divided into clear segments. [4] The brittle olive to olive-green segments exude a watery sap when broken. Their sessile fruit, usually in pairs, grow from the segment joints. [4] They are ellipsoid berries of 6-7 mm in diameter, that are warty when young [1] but smooth and orange when ripe. [2]
The species is vegetatively similar to V. anceps and artificially resembles the Asian species V. dichotomum. [1] Male inflorescences and fruit are required to separate it from V. shirense and V. cylindricum. [2]
Media related to
Viscum combreticola at Wikimedia Commons
Viscum combreticola | |
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V. combreticola on a Strychnos host | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Santalales |
Family: | Santalaceae |
Genus: | Viscum |
Species: | V. combreticola
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Binomial name | |
Viscum combreticola | |
Synonyms | |
Viscum combreticola, the Combretum mistletoe, is a leafless, dioecious mistletoe shrub, [2] occurring from southern to tropical Africa, in a broad zone following the Rift Valleys. [3] Though it is typically a hemiparasite of Combretum species, it may also be found on Terminalia (Combretaceae), Acacia, Croton, Diplorhynchus, Dombeya, Heteropyxis, Maytenus, Melia, Strychnos or Vangueria. [1]
The much-branched twigs are flattened, ribbed and divided into clear segments. [4] The brittle olive to olive-green segments exude a watery sap when broken. Their sessile fruit, usually in pairs, grow from the segment joints. [4] They are ellipsoid berries of 6-7 mm in diameter, that are warty when young [1] but smooth and orange when ripe. [2]
The species is vegetatively similar to V. anceps and artificially resembles the Asian species V. dichotomum. [1] Male inflorescences and fruit are required to separate it from V. shirense and V. cylindricum. [2]
Media related to
Viscum combreticola at Wikimedia Commons