Biology:Decaisnina

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Short description: Genus of mistletoes

Decaisnina
Decaisnina signata3.jpg
Decaisnina signata
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Loranthaceae
Genus: Decaisnina
Tiegh.[1]
Species

See text

Decaisnina DistributionMap.png
Occurrence data from AVH

Decaisnina is a genus of semi-parasitic shrubs (mistletoes) that occur in Australia . The type species is D. glauca.[1] Around thirty species are known, found from northern Australia to Tahiti and the Philippines.[2]

Accepted species

(according to Plants of the world online[3])

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Decaisnina Tiegh.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=29756. 
  2. Barlow, B.A. (1966). "A revision of the Loranthaceae of Australia and New Zealand". Australian Journal of Botany 14 (3): 421–99. doi:10.1071/BT9660421. 
  3. Govaerts, R. et.al. (2019) Plants of the world online: Decaisnina. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 February 2019.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q598117 entry