Biology:Viscum rotundifolium

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Viscum rotundifolium
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Santalaceae
Genus: Viscum
Species:
V. rotundifolium
Binomial name
Viscum rotundifolium
L.f.
Synonyms
  • Viscum bosciae-foetidae Dinter
  • Viscum glaucum Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Viscum macowanii Engl.
  • Viscum thymifolium C.Presl
  • Viscum tricostatum E.Mey.
  • Viscum ziziphi-mucronati Dinter

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]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Viscum rotundifolium L.f.". African Plant Database. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/details.php?langue=an&id=123698. Retrieved 11 February 2013. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Trees and Shrubs of the Witwatersrand. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press. 1974. pp. 294–295. ISBN 0-85494-236-X. 
  3. R.M. Polhill, D. Wiens. "Viscum rotundifolium L.f.". Flora Zambesiaca: volume:9 part:3 (2006) Viscaceae. Kew. http://apps.kew.org/efloras/namedetail.do?flora=fz&taxon=11942&nameid=30909. Retrieved 11 February 2013. 
  4. "Viscum rotundifolium L.f.". Namibian Plants. kyffhauser.co.za. http://www.kyffhauser.co.za/Plants1/Viscum_rotundifolium/Index.htm. Retrieved 11 February 2013. 

External links

  • Viscum diversity in southern Africa, iziko museums

Wikidata ☰ Q7935897 entry