Family: Loranthaceae
Lysiana
Citation:
Tieghem, Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 41:599 (1894).
Derivation: Greek lyo, I set free; alluding to separation from Loranthus.
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: None
Description:
Glabrous; haustorial attachments without epicortical runners; leaves flat with pennate venation or terete.
Inflorescence axillary, consisting of a pedunculate or sessile 2-flowered simple umbel or reduced to a single flower; bracts single under each flower; corolla 6-merous, gamopetalous, obliquely curved, inflated in the middle, unequally divided with the segments on the concave side extending deeper and more strongly reflexed; anthers basifixed, linear, acute, 4-locular, about as long as the free part of the filament; style articulate at or above the base.
Distribution:
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8 species endemic to Australia.
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Biology:
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Key to Species:
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1. Flowers single or in pairs Without a common peduncle; pedicel distinctly winged; fruit globular |
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L. murrayi 2. |
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1. Flowers usually in pairs on a common peduncle (sometimes very short); pedicel not distinctly winged; fruit ovoid or ellipsoid |
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2. Leaves oblanceolate, with prominent venation; calyx usually lobed or toothed; fruit more or less translucent |
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L. subfalcata 3. |
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2. Leaves linear to oblong, with obscure venation; calyx limb entire; fruit dark |
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L. exocarpi 1. |
Author:
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