Viscum rotundifolium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Santalales |
Family: | Santalaceae |
Genus: | Viscum |
Species: | V. rotundifolium
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Binomial name | |
Viscum rotundifolium | |
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Viscum rotundifolium, the red-berry mistletoe, is a variable, wide-ranging and monoecious mistletoe of southern Africa. [1] It is a hardy, evergreen hemiparasite with a catholic variety of host plants, [2] including other mistletoes. [3] It may be found from near sea level to 1,950 m. [1] Its fleshy, leathery leaves are dark [2] or pale green and variable in shape, though usually broadly ovate to elliptic. [4] While its creamy-green flowers are small and inconspicuous, the fruit are a brilliant, shiny orange-red colour when ripe. [2] It is similar to V. schaeferi Engl. & K.Krause and V. pauciflorum L.f. with which it may be confused. [1]
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Viscum rotundifolium | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Santalales |
Family: | Santalaceae |
Genus: | Viscum |
Species: | V. rotundifolium
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Binomial name | |
Viscum rotundifolium | |
Synonyms | |
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Viscum rotundifolium, the red-berry mistletoe, is a variable, wide-ranging and monoecious mistletoe of southern Africa. [1] It is a hardy, evergreen hemiparasite with a catholic variety of host plants, [2] including other mistletoes. [3] It may be found from near sea level to 1,950 m. [1] Its fleshy, leathery leaves are dark [2] or pale green and variable in shape, though usually broadly ovate to elliptic. [4] While its creamy-green flowers are small and inconspicuous, the fruit are a brilliant, shiny orange-red colour when ripe. [2] It is similar to V. schaeferi Engl. & K.Krause and V. pauciflorum L.f. with which it may be confused. [1]
Media related to Viscum rotundifolium at Wikimedia Commons