Lysiana exocarpi
Citation:
Tieghem, Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 41:603 (1894) subsp. exocarpi.
Synonymy: Loranthus exocarpi Behr in Schldl., Linnaea 20:624 (1847); Loranthus angustifolius R. Br. ex Benth., Fl. Aust. 3:390 (1867); Dendrophthoe angustifolia (R. Br. ex Benth.) Tieghem, Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 42:83 (1895); Elytranthe exocarpi (Behr)Engl., Nat. Pfianzenfam. Nachtn 126 (1897); Loranthus diamantinensis J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 69:309 (1945); Lysiana exocarpi (Behr)Tieghem subsp. diamantinensis (J. Black)Barlow, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 88:145 (1963).
Common name: Harlequin mistletoe.
Description:
Leaves narrow-linear to oblong, 30-150 X 1-10 mm, often falcate, widest in the middle, not distinctly petiolate; venation obscure.
Inflorescence peduncle 0.5-1.3 (rarely 3) mm long; pedicels 2-5 mm long; bracts 1-1.5 mm long; calyx limb mostly entire and 0.3-0.7 mm long; corolla 25-50 mm long, usually red, rarely yellow.
Fruit ovoid to ellipsoid, 6-10 mm long, red or black.
Published illustration:
Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 223.
Distribution:
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Parasitic on a wide range of hosts but not Eucalyptus.
W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: throughout the year.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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Author:
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