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Agelanthus lancifolius
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Castle Beacon, Vumba.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Castle Beacon, Vumba.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Castle Beacon, Vumba.
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| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Local |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Parasitic shrub with long branches, brown pubescent, compressed when young. Leaves opposite to subopposite, lanceolate, up to c. 8 × 2 cm, fairly thinly textured, hairless, with c. 8-10 pairs of strongly ascending lateral veins; petiole 6-11 mm, pubescent. Flowers in 8-12-flowered axillary umbels. Corolla 4-4.8 cm long, crimson-red with a yellow band around the vents, darkened at the tip; basal swelling up to 6 × 4 mm, ovoid-ellipsoid, with the tube narrowly constricted, often with some spreading hairs on the constriction of the tube; lobes erect, 8 mm long, hardened inside, slightly keeled outside. Stamen filaments inflexed. |
| Notes: | The specimen in the photographs is very likely of Agelanthus lancifolia, based also on the fact that it was growing on Trimeria grandifolia. |
| Derivation of specific name: | lancifolius: with lance-shaped leaves. |
| Habitat: | In wet evergreen forest, found on Syzygium, Trimeria and Choristylis. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1180 - 1950 m |
| Flowering time: | Dec - Mar |
| Worldwide distribution: | So far known only from forests in the Eastern Higlands of Zimbabwe but likely to also occur in neighbouring Mozambique. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
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| Endemic status: | Near Endemic? |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Friday 9 March 2012 |
| Literature: |
Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 59. Polhill, R.M. & Wiens, D. (1998). Mistletoes of Africa Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Page 170. Polhill, R.M. & Wiens, D. (2006). Loranthaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3) Page 155. |
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