Viscum articulatum

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Viscum articulatum

Description

Plant slender, pendulous. Leaves rudimentary, spreading, c. 0.5 mm long. Inflorescence axillary, a sessile cymule of 1 flower subtended by a cupule c. 1 mm long, with subsidiary cymules developing lateral to the first one, with the first-formed flower female and the lateral flowers female or male. Fruit globose, sessile, smooth, white.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Eastern India eastwards to Vietnam and southwards to eastern Australia present
Eastern India eastwards to Vietnam and southwards to eastern Australia; Malesia: widespread throughout the region.

Notes

Very similar vegetatively to V. stenocarpum; for differences see there. Also closely related to and possibly intergrading with V. nepalense; for distinction see there.

Citation

Backer & Bakh.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 76
Danser 1938 – In: Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg: 56
Danser 1941 – In: Blumea: 280
Danser 1931 – In: Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg: 460
Danser 1935 – In: Philipp. J. Sc.: 141