Description
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Hemisparasitic shrubs with hairs stellate and dendritic. Leaves opposite, subopposite or partly alternate. Flowers few, sessile in heads; bract ovate to subcircular. Calyx
cup-shaped to tubular, ± entire to shortly toothed. Corolla opening radially, joined to less than halfway, 5-lobed, mostly yellow to green, silky-villous or at least hairy on the buds; tube constricted above a basal swelling; lobes spreading-reflexed from below middle. Filaments inserted well up the corolla lobes, elongate, generally articulated and often breaking off near the middle. Berry with persistent calyx, urceolate, orange, reddish or blue-green. Seeds orange to red.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Erianthemum Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=492
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- Petra Ballings
Erianthemum: Brief Summary
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Erianthemum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.
Its native range is Tropical and Southern Africa.
Species:
Erianthemum aethiopicum Balle ex Wiens & Polhill
Erianthemum alveatum (Sprague) Danser
Erianthemum commiphorae (Engl.) Danser
Erianthemum dregei (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Tiegh.
Erianthemum lanatum Wiens & Polhill
Erianthemum lindense (Sprague) Danser
Erianthemum melanocarpum (Balle) Wiens & Polhill
Erianthemum ngamicum (Sprague) Danser
Erianthemum nyikense (Sprague) Danser
Erianthemum occultum (Sprague) Danser
Erianthemum rotundifolium Wiens & Polhill
Erianthemum schelei (Engl.) Tiegh.
Erianthemum schmitzii Balle ex Wiens & Polhill
Erianthemum taborensis (Engl.) Tiegh.
Erianthemum virescens (N.E.Br.) Wiens & Polhill
Erianthemum viticola Balle ex Wiens & Polhill
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