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!Loranthus Jacq.

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Published In: Enumeratio Stirpium Plerarumque, quae sponte crescunt in agro Vindobonensi 55, 230, pl. 3. 1762. (Enum. Stirp. Vindob.)

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/2/2011)

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General/Distribution: A genus of 600 tropical and sub-tropical species. Four species are reported from W. Pakistan.

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Semi-parasitic shrubs. Leaves opposite or alternate. Flowers sub-sessile, bisexual, in axillary racemes or fascicles. Calyculus fringe-like, adnate to the ovary. Perianth 4-5, petaloid, free or united into a tube. Stamens epiphyllous, opposite the perianth. Ovary unilocular. Fruit a berry.

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1	Flowers tomentose; corolla lobes 4	(2)
+	Flowers glabrous; corolla lobes 5	Loranthus longiflorus

2 (1)	Leaf base cordate. Flower buds acute
+	Leaf base attenuate. Flower buds obtuse	(3)

3 (2)	Young leaves covered with a fugacious mealy tomentum. Flowers in racemes. Fruit clavate	Loranthus pulverulentus
+	Upper leaf surface glabrous, lower rusty tomentose. Flowers in fascicles. Fruit ellipsoid	Loranthus vestitus

Lower Taxa

Loranthus longiflorus Desr.
Loranthus pulverulentus Wall.
Loranthus vestitus Wall.

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