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2074.180 Agelanthus
Description of the genus
Hemiparasitic shrubs with a single haustorial attachment; hairs simple or irregularly branched. Flowers in umbels, usually borne in clusters in the axils; bract cup-shaped with a small or leafy limb. Corolla 5-lobed; lobes much shorter than the tube, remaining erect and usually conspicuously banded in different colours, with vents developing in bud below the tip and with a short V-slit. Berry red. Agelanthus differs from Tapinanthus in the bands of colours on the flowers, the vents opening in mature buds and the corolla lobes remaining erect. Worldwide: 59 species in Africa and the Arabian peninsula. Malawi: 12 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| bipartitus Balle ex Polhill & Wiens | ||
| fuellebornii (Engl.) Polhill & Wiens | N,C | Description, Image |
| molleri (Engl.) Polhill & Wiens | ||
| nyasicus (Baker & Sprague) Polhill & Wiens | Description, Image | |
| patelii Polhill & Timberlake INED.[NrEnd] | S | |
| pilosus Polhill & Wiens | ||
| pungu (De Wild.) Polhill & Wiens | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| sambesiacus (Engl. & Schinz) Polhill & Wiens | S | Description, Image |
| songeensis Balle ex Polhill & Wiens | S | |
| sp. aff. A. brunneus Balle & Hallé | S | |
| subulatus (Engl.) Polhill & Wiens | Description, Image | |
| zizyphifolius (Engl.) Polhill & Wiens subsp. vittatus (Engl.) Polhill & Wiens | N,C | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Agelanthus:
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Flora of Botswana: AgelanthusFlora of Caprivi: Agelanthus
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Agelanthus
Flora of Mozambique: Agelanthus
Flora of Zambia: Agelanthus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Agelanthus
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): AgelanthusBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Agelanthus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Agelanthus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Agelanthus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Agelanthus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Agelanthus
JSTOR Plant Science: Agelanthus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Agelanthus
Plants of the World Online: Agelanthus
Tropicos: Agelanthus
Wikipedia: Agelanthus
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