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Genus of mistletoes

Helixanthera
Helixanthera obtusata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Loranthaceae
Genus: Helixanthera
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Helixanthera is moderately sized genus of showy mistletoe with over 40 species from tropical Africa, southern Asia and Malesia. The genus was described already 1790 by the Portuguese botanist João de Loureiro in his Flora Cochinchinensis. A new species, Helixanthera schizocalyx, was described in 2010.

Species

The Catalogue of Life includes the following species:

References

  1. Flora Malesiana (1997) Series 1, volume 13.
  2. ^ Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  3. T. Harris; I. Darbyshire & R. Polhill (2011). "New species and range extensions from Mt Namuli, Mt Mabu and Mt Chiperone in northern Mozambique". Kew Bulletin. 66 (2): 241–251. Bibcode:2011KewBu..66..241H. doi:10.1007/s12225-011-9277-9.

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