Biology:Trithecanthera

Short description: Genus of mistletoes

Trithecanthera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Santalales
Family:	Loranthaceae
Genus:	Trithecanthera Tiegh.
Species
Trithecanthera flava Kosterm. Trithecanthera scortechinii (King) Danser Trithecanthera sparsa Barlow Trithecanthera superba Danser Trithecanthera xiphostachya Tiegh.

Trithecanthera is a genus of showy mistletoes in the family Loranthaceae. It contains approximately 5 species in the Malesian region of South East Asia. The genus includes the species described within the genus Kingella as Kingella scortechinii.

References

• Tieghem (1894) Bull. Soc. Bot. France 41: 597.
• Danser (1933) Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., sect. 2, 29: 128.

Wikidata ☰ Q7844284 entry