Loranthaceae
Globimetula

Globimetula braunii (Engl.) Danser

First published in Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 29(6): 54 (1933)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a hemiparasitic epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

Loranthaceae, Polhill & D. Wiens. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1999

Morphology General Habit
Twigs terete or elliptic in section, glabrous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves opposite, subopposite or sometimes (in Zaire basin) ternate; petiole 5–15 mm. long; lamina fleshy, reddish when young, turning light to dark green, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-ovate, 4–10 cm. long, 1.5–7 cm. wide, blunt or rounded at the apex, broadly cuneate to shortly cordate at the base; second and third main lateral nerves curved-ascending to upper half, the distal ones more spreading.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Umbels 3–6, mostly at older leafless nodes; peduncle 3–20 mm. long, glabrous or sometimes scurfy; pedicels 4–9(–15), 2.5–5 mm. long; bract-cup 0.5 mm. long, limb triangular or bifid, 0.5–1.2 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Receptacle
Receptacle 1–1.5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 0.5–0.7 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla red or pink, the apical swelling darkening in ripe buds, 2.5–3.5 cm. long; apical swelling of mature buds subhemispherical, slightly pointed, pentagonal, slightly reduplicate proximally, 2.5–3.5 mm. across, 2–2.5 mm. tall; basal swelling usually subglobose, 2–4 mm. long, 2–3 mm. in diameter, rarely ellipsoid.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Anthers
Inner anthers 1.5–2 mm. long; outer ones 1–1.5 mm.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Style-constriction 1.5–2 mm. long; stigma peltate to depressed-turbinate, 1.5–2 mm. across.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Berry orange or red, 5–6 mm. long, 5 mm. in diameter; seed orange or red, 3 mm. long, 1.5 mm. in diameter.
Figures
Fig. 12/1–8 (p. 81).
Habitat
Evergreen and riverine forest, often at edges or in cleared places nearby, on a wide variety of hosts and prone to invade plantation crops; 1050–1600 m.
Distribution
K5 T1 T4 U4 Guineo-Congolian forests from Ivory Coast to S. Sudan
[FTEA]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0