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Tapinanthus globiferus

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Name

Identification
Loranthus kerstingii Engl. [family LORANTHACEAE ] Verified by Gebauer, Tapinanthus globiferus Tiegh. [family LORANTHACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Loranthus lingelsheimii
  • Loranthus verrucosus
  • Loranthus riggenbachii
  • Loranthus winkleri
  • Loranthus senegalensis
  • Loranthus dodoensis
  • Loranthus lanceolatus
  • Loranthus sessiliflorus
  • Loranthus belvisii
  • Tapinanthus belvisii
  • Tapinanthus bangwensis
  • Tapinanthus globiferus
  • Tapinanthus letouzeyi
  • Loranthus globiferus
  • Loranthus unrecorded
  • Tapinanthus pentagonia
  • Loranthus spathulifolius
  • Tapinanthus voltensis
  • Loranthus kerstingii
  • Loranthus rubrovittatus
  • Tapinanthus apodanthus
  • Loranthus ostinii
Common name
  • setosi (Chapman) (NIGERIA, FULA-FULFULDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • kaúchì (Keay) kauci (Chapman) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • sotoore (ABM) (NIGER, FULA-FULFULDE (Niger)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • tibesi (CV) (GHANA, AKAN-BRONG), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • kurumboyu (Ll. W) (GHANA, GUANG-GONJA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • oche g (NIGERIA, IGALA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • tuci (Ll. W) (GHANA, DAGBANI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • kèsi (pl. -ò) (D&C) (NIGER, SONGHAI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for LORANTHUS globiferus A. Rich. [family LORANTHACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 6, Part 1, page 255, (1913) Author: (By J. G. Baker, with additions by C. H. Wright.)
Names
LORANTHUS globiferus A. Rich. [family LORANTHACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. i. 341. —Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 109; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 197; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. ii. 149; Penzig in Atti Congr. Bot. 1892, 358.
LORANTHUS congestus R. Br. [family LORANTHACEAE], in Salt, Abyss. App. 64, name only.
LORANTHUS Lingelsheimii Pax [family LORANTHACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xxxix. 615.
Tapinanthus globiferus Van Tiegh. [family LORANTHACEAE], in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 267.
Information
Branches stout, wrinkled, lenticellate, older ones up to 5 lin. in diam.; branchlets fairly slender, terete, smooth, buff-coloured, about 1 lin. in diam. 9 in. below the apex; internodes 1/2–2 in. long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, varying from elliptic-oblong to oblanceolate, rounded or obtuse at the apex, cuneate or obtuse at the base, 1–3 1/4 in. long, 5–15 lin. broad, thinly coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves about 4 on each side, obliquely ascending, anastomosing far from the margin, slightly raised, especially on the upper surface; petiole 1 1/2–3 lin. long. Umbels axillary, fascicled, 4–6-flowered; peduncle 1–1 1/2 lin. long; pedicels 1/2– 5/8 lin. long; bract ovate-cupular, slightly 2-lipped, dorsal margin 3/4 lin. long, lateral margin 1/4 lin. long, ventral margin 3/8 lin. long. Receptacle and calyx together campanulate, 1 1/2 lin. long. Calyx irregularly split, 5/8– 3/4 lin. long. Corolla about 1 3/4 in. long, apical swelling in bud rounded, 2 lin. long, basal swelling ellipsoid, 2 1/2–3 lin. long, or subglobose; tube split unilaterally; lobes reflexed, spathulate, acute, 3 1/2 lin. long, enlarged upper part lanceolate, 2 lin. long, 5/8 lin. broad. Filaments inserted about 3/4 lin. below the base of the corolla-lobes, involute, 2 1/2 lin. long, tooth 3/8 lin. long; anthers oblong-linear, 1 1/8 lin. long. Disc hardly lobed, 1/6 lin. high. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part about 3 lin. long, neck 1 lin. long.
Distribution
Eritrea Nile Land Belta, 5000 ft., Schweinfurth, 1041; Geleb, 6300 ft., Schweinfurth, 1587; Acrur, 5600 ft., Schweinfurth & Riva, 718!Abyssinia Nile Land Begemeder and Dembea, Schimper, 1491! Agow Country; Gageros, on Balsamodendron africanum, Arn., Schimper, 2187! Shoa; Haro, 7000 ft., on Rhamnus sp., Olea chrysophylla, Lam., &c., Rosen!

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