Loranthaceae
Agelanthus

Agelanthus dodoneifolius (DC.) Polhill & Wiens

First published in J.-P.Lebrun & A.L.Stork, Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 2: 163 (1992)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to W. Ethiopia. It is a hemiparasitic epiphyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry 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, Polhill & D. Wiens. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1999

Morphology General Habit
Well-branched shrub with spreading and pendent branches to 1.5 m. long, glabrous; branchlets slightly 3-angular or flattened, soon terete.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves opposite to alternate or ternate; petiole 3–10 mm. long; lamina coriaceous, usually glaucous but sometimes yellow-green to grey-green, linear-lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, usually elongate, occasionally broader and even oblanceolate, often slightly curved, 5–15(–22) cm. long, 0.5–2(–4.5) cm. wide, acute to rounded at the apex, cuneate at the base, obscurely nerved, the middle nerves more ascending.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Umbels (1–)2–3-flowered; peduncle 1–3(–5 including connective between pedicel-sockets) mm. long; pedicel-sockets oblique; bract cupular, 3–5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Receptacle
Receptacle 3–4 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx tubular, 4–6 mm. long, ciliate and slightly erose, split by the expanding basal swelling of corolla.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla (3.5–)4.5–5(–5.5) cm. long, white at the base (sometimes with red filament-lines), flushed wine-red above, sometimes greenish white inside, tip sometimes becoming purplish; apical swelling slight, bluntly pointed; basal swelling ellipsoid, 5–8 mm. long, 3.5–4 mm. in diameter; lobes erect, 15–16 mm. long, upper expanded part linear-elliptic to linear-oblanceolate, 10–11 mm. long, 1.5 mm. in diameter, thickened.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Filaments
Filaments red, involute, stout, flattened; tooth 1 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Style dark red, 5-winged especially on the thickened part opposite vents in bud; neck 5–6 mm. long; stigma ellipsoid, 0.8 mm. across.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Berry orange-red to red, obovoid-ellipsoid, 1–1.5 mm. long, 0.8–1 cm. in diameter, with ± persistent calyx.
Habitat
Wooded grassland, on many hosts, recorded on Butyrospermum in Uganda; probably ± 900 m.
Distribution
U1 Senegal to Sudan
[FTEA]

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

Morphology Leaves
Leaves opposite, alternate or ternate. Varies particularly in leaf-width and thickness and in the size and texture of the perianth
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers white, golden yellow, deep rose or red.
Ecology
On Acacia, Afzelia, Adansonia, Anogeissus, Butyrospermum, Ceiba, Combretum glutinosum, Mimosa, Parkia, Piliostigma, Pterocarpus erinaceus, Tamarindus and Terminalia.
[FWTA]

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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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical 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 2026. 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 2026. 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