Agelanthus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Santalales

Familia: Loranthaceae
Tribus: Lorantheae
Subtribus: Tapinanthinae
Genus: Agelanthus
Species: A. atrocoronatus – A. bipartitus – A. brunneus – A. combreticola – A. copaiferae – A. crassifolius – A. deltae – A. dichrous – A. discolor – A. djurensis – A. dodoneifolius – A. elegantulus – A. entebbensis – A. falcifolius – A. flammeus – A. fuellebornii – A. glaucoviridis – A. glomeratus – A. gracilis – A. guineensis – A. henriquesii – A. heteromorphus – A. igneus – A. irangensis – A. kayseri – A. keilii – A. krausei – A. kraussianus – A. lancifolius – A. longipes – A. lugardii – A. microphyllus – A. molleri – A. musozensis – A. myrsinifolius – A. natalitius – A. nyasicus – A. oehleri – A. pennatulus – A. pilosus – A. platyphyllus – A. polygonifolius – A. prunifolius – A. pungu – A. rondensis – A. sambesiacus – A. sansibarensis – A. schweinfurthii – A. songeensis – A. subulatus – A. tanganyikae – A. terminaliae – A. toroensis – A. transvaalensis – A. uhehensis – A. unyorensis – A. validus – A. villosiflorus – A. zizyphifolius
Name

Agelanthus Tiegh. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 42: 246. 1895
References
Primary references

Tieghem, P. van. 1895. Sur Le Groupement Des Espèces En Genres Dans Les Loranthées A Calice Gamosépale Et Anthères Basifixes Ou Dendrophihdées. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 42(3): 241–272. DOI: 10.1080/00378941.1895.10830595 PDF. Reference page. (p.246.)

Links

African Plants Database (version 3.4.0). Agelanthus. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria. Accessed: 2018 Mar. 24.
Hassler, M. 2018. Agelanthus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Mar. 24. Reference page.
GBIF: Agelanthus
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Agelanthus. Published online. Accessed: 31 January 2018.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Agelanthus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 31 January 2018.

Vernacular names

Agelanthus is a genus of Afrotropical plants in family Loranthaceae. They grow in trees, including Acacia and Combretum species,[1] as hemiparasitic shrubs of varying sizes.[2] The host plant is penetrated by a single haustorium,[2] 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).[note 1] 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.[2]

The genus was first described by Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem in 1895.[3]
Species

It is the largest genus of the Afrotropical Loranthaceae[2] containing some 61 species,[4] including:
Open flower with spirally rolled filaments
Habit of A. natalitius

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

Notes

Flowers of the closely related genus Phragmanthera are similar in many respects.

References

Onderstall, Jo (1984). Transvaalse Laeveld en Platorand. Cape Town: Botaniese Vereniging van Suid-Afrika. p. 90. ISBN 0-620-07750-6.
Smith, Emily. "Agelanthus". Gateway to African Plants. Don Kirkup et al. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
M. Ph. Van Tieghem (January 1895). "Sur Le Groupement Des Espèces En Genres Dans Les Loranthées A Calice Gamosépale Et Anthères Basifixes Ou Dendrophihdées". Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (in French). 42 (3): 246. doi:10.1080/00378941.1895.10830595. ISSN 0037-8941. Wikidata Q54801453.
"Agelanthus". The Plant List. Version 1. 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2012.