Loranthaceae
Phragmanthera

Phragmanthera capitata (Spreng.) Balle

First published in Adansonia, n.s., 1: 251 (1962)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to NW. Angola. It is a hemiparasitic epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

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]

Loranthaceae, S. Balle. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958

Morphology General Indumentum
Young parts and perianth more or less densely covered with white or brown hairs
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Berries red.
Note
Very variable in the shape and size of the flowers and leaves.
Ecology
On Alchornea, Aleurites moluccana, Anacardium occidentale, Annona senegalensis, Bauhinia, Bersama, Bombax sessile, Caloncoba welwitschii, Citrus aurantium, Coffea, Colanitida, Croton tiglium, Funtumia, Hevea brasiliensis, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Lophira lanceolata, Macaranga spinosa, Manihot glaziovii, Melia azedarach, Musa, Nauclea latifolia, Parinari, Piptadeniastrum, Rauwolfia vomitoria, Sapium ellipticum and Theobroma.
[FWTA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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 2025. 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 2025. 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