Biology:Helixanthera

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Short description: Genus of mistletoes

Helixanthera
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Helixanthera obtusata
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Loranthaceae
Genus: Helixanthera
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Helixanthera is moderately sized genus of showy mistletoe with over 40 species from tropical Africa, southern Asia and Malesia.[1][2] The genus was described already 1790 by the Portuguese botanist João de Loureiro in his Flora Cochinchinensis. A new species, Helixanthera schizocalyx, was described in 2010.[3]

Species

The Catalogue of Life includes the following species:[2]


References

  1. Flora Malesiana (1997) Series 1, volume 13.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Roskov Y.; Kunze T. (2014). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist.". in Didžiulis V.. Species 2000: Reading, UK.. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2014/browse/tree/id/17278499. 
  3. T. Harris; I. Darbyshire; R. Polhill (2011). "New species and range extensions from Mt Namuli, Mt Mabu and Mt Chiperone in northern Mozambique". Kew Bulletin 66 (2): 241–251. doi:10.1007/s12225-011-9277-9. 

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External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5244861 entry