Biology:Dendrophthoe glabrescens

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Short description: Species of plant in the family Loranthaceae

Smooth mistltoe
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Loranthaceae
Genus: Dendrophthoe
Species:
D. glabrescens
Binomial name
Dendrophthoe glabrescens
(Blakely) Barlow[1][2]
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Synonyms
  • Loranthus vitellinus var. glabrescens Blakely[1]

Dendrophthoe glabrescens, commonly known as smooth mistletoe or orange mistletoe, is a hemiparasitic plant of the mistletoe family Loranthaceae, found in eastern[3] and northern Australia .[4] It flowers from October to January.[3] The flowers are tubular, with a green base, but where the tube splits open, it displays orange and bright red.[3]

Taxonomy

It was first described in 1925 as Loranthus vitellinus var. glabrescens by William Blakely,[1][5] and in 1962 was transferred to the genus, Dendrophthoe, and raised to species status by Bryan Barlow.[1][2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Dendrophthoe glabrescens". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/87073. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 , pp. 55, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35071958 , Wikidata Q106628841
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Morcombe, Michael (1991). Australia's Wildflowers (Réimpr. ed.). Sydney: The Book Company and Ure Smith Press. p. 26. ISBN 0725408731. 
  4. A. L. Quirico. "New South Wales Flora Online: Dendrophthoe glabrescens". Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Dendrophthoe~glabrescens. 
  5. , pp. 1, 19, Pl. 10 , Wikidata Q106628892
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Wikidata ☰ Q15381583 entry