Loranthaceae
Agelanthus

Agelanthus musozensis (Rendle) Polhill & Wiens

First published in J.-P.Lebrun & A.L.Stork, Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 2: 164 (1992)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Central & E. Tropical Africa. 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
Spreading and pendent shrub to 2 m., flowering mostly on relatively short lateral branches; branchlets slightly flattened, velvety with very short spreading branched hairs.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves subopposite; petiole 5–10 mm. long; lamina slightly fleshy, linear-lanceolate to ovate or oblong-elliptic, 5–10 cm. long, 1.5–8 cm. wide, acute to obtuse at the apex, cuneate to rounded or cordate at the base, puberulous (more densely along midrib), ultimately glabrescent, with 4–6 pairs of spreading-ascending main lateral nerves.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Umbels 6–12-flowered; peduncle and pedicels 2–5 mm. long, velvety; bract-limb ovate-triangular, 2–3 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Receptacle
Receptacle 3 mm. long, densely hairy.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx cupular, 1–1.5 mm. long, slightly toothed.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla 4.5–5.5 cm. long, pale orange-yellow, banded yellow around vents, sometimes greenish at the base, tip turning reddish, densely covered with branched hairs, the longer ones wispy and ± reddish; apex of buds oblong-ellipsoid to narrowly obovoid, 6–7 mm. long, 2.5–3 mm. in diameter, slightly ribbed below; basal swelling ovoid-ellipsoid, 7–8 mm. long, 4 mm. in diameter, narrowed for 4–5 mm. above; lobes erect, 9–11 mm. long, the upper expanded part linear-elliptic, 5.5–6.5 mm. long, 1–1.2 mm. wide, hardened inside.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens red, inflexed; tooth 0.3–0.5 mm. long; anthers 3–4 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Style red opposite vents, with a neck 3–4 mm. above; stigma capitate, 0.8–1 mm. across.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Berry red, obovoid, 10 mm. long, 8 mm. in diameter, pubescent.
Habitat
Forest edges to wooded grassland or bushland, often on rock outcrops, exclusively on Ficus; 1100–1900 m.
Distribution
K4 K5 K6 T1 T2 T5 U4
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East 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 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