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Family: Loranthaceae Life
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> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core eudicots > Order: Santalales
Parasitic plants with green leaves that anchor themselves
to the host plant with suckers that are thought to be modified adventitious
roots.Native mainly to tropical and south temperate regions of the World. There
are about 68 genera and 950 species, with 13 genera and about 38 species native
to
southern Africa.
Genera native to southern Africa
Actinanthella Two species,
endemic to southeastern and southern Africa, with one of them,
Actinanthella wyliei,
native to
southern Africa. |
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Agelanthus
Fifty-nine species, native to
Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, with 11 native to
southern Africa. |
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Erianthemum
Sixteen species, native to central and southern Africa, with two species
native to southern Africa. |
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Helixanthera
About 45 species, native to Africa and tropical Asia, with two species
native to southern
Africa, namely Helixanthera garciana and Helixanthera woodii. |
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Moquiniella A single
species, Moquiniella rubra, native to the Northern Cape, Western Cape
and Eastern Cape. |
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Oliverella
Three species, native to eastern and south-central Africa, with one,
Oliverella rubroviridis, native to southern Africa (Botswana). |
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Oncocalyx About 13
species, native mainly to arid regions of tropical Africa, with three species
native to southern Africa. |
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Pedistylis One species,
Pedistylis
galpinii, endemic to the Mpumalanga lowveld and adjoining areas of
Swaziland and Mozambique.. |
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Phragmanthera About 34
species, distributed over tropical Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, with
four species native to southern Africa. |
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Plicosepalus About 12
species, native to arid regions of Africa, with three species native to southern
Africa. |
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Septulina
Two species, native to Namibia, Northern Cape and Western Cape. |
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Tapinanthus About 30
species, distributed in the African tropics and subtropics, with five species
native to southern Africa. |
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Vanwykia A single species,
Vanwykia remota, found in the extreme northeast of the Kruger
National Park. |
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