• Source: Agelanthus

      • Agelanthus is a genus of Afrotropical plants in family Loranthaceae. They grow in trees, including Acacia and Combretum species, as hemiparasitic shrubs of varying sizes. The host plant is penetrated by a single haustorium, and the stems typically have swollen, flower-producing nodes. The flowers are often closely clustered (fascicled) with the five petals (pentamerous) fused into a tube (gamopetalous). The flower may have a swollen base and the tubes open along unilateral, V-shaped splits. The filaments remain spirally rolled inward when the flowers open, while the styles are inconspicuous, slender filaments that are somewhat thickened in the middle. Berries range from pink to orange and red in colour, and are around 1 cm in diameter.
      The genus was first described by Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem in 1895.


      Species


      It is the largest genus of the Afrotropical Loranthaceae containing some 61 species, including:

      Agelanthus atrocoronatus Polhill & Wiens
      Agelanthus bipartitus Balle ex Polhill & Wiens
      Agelanthus brunneus (Engl.) Tiegh.
      Agelanthus combreticola (Lebrun & L.Touss.) Polhill & Wiens
      Agelanthus copaiferae (Sprague) Polhill & Wiens
      Agelanthus igneus (Engl. & K.Krause) Polhill & Wiens
      Agelanthus kayseri (Meisn.) Polhill & Wiens
      Agelanthus keilii (Meisn.) Polhill & Wiens
      Agelanthus longipes (Baker & Sprague) Polhill & Wiens
      Agelanthus microphyllus Polhill & Wiens
      Agelanthus myrsinifolius (Engl. & K.Krause) Polhill & Wiens
      Agelanthus natalitius (Meisn.) Polhill & Wiens
      Agelanthus nyasicus (Baker & Sprague) Polhill & Wiens
      Agelanthus pennatulus (Sprague) Polhill & Wiens
      Agelanthus pungu (De Wild.) Polhill & Wiens
      Agelanthus rondensis (Engl.) Polhill & Wiens
      Agelanthus tanganyikae (Engl.) Polhill & Wiens
      Agelanthus terminaliae (Engl. & Gilg) Polhill & Wiens
      Agelanthus toroensis (Sprague) Polhill & Wiens
      Agelanthus transvaalensis (Sprague) Polhill & Wiens
      Agelanthus uhehensis (Engl.) Polhill & Wiens
      Agelanthus unyorensis (Sprague) Polhill & Wiens
      Agelanthus validus Polhill & Wiens
      Agelanthus villosiflorus (Engl.) Polhill & Wiens
      Agelanthus zizyphifolius (Engl.) Polhill & Wiens


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      References




      External links


      Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Agelanthus". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.
      Media related to Agelanthus at Wikimedia Commons

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