Jump to content

Macrosolen

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by OAbot (talk | contribs) at 23:58, 12 April 2020 (Open access bot: doi added to citation with #oabot.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Macrosolen
Macrosolen capitellatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Loranthaceae
Genus: Macrosolen
C. L. Blume (1830)

Macrosolen is a genus of plants in the family Loranthaceae. It includes about 83 species all over the world with ca. 40 species widely distributed in tropical South and Southeast Asia. [1] Some species were described by de Loureiro (1790, as Loranthus), Lecomte (1915, as Elytranthe), Danser (1938) and Hô (2003).

Description

Macrosolen are parasitic shrubs.

Taxonomy

The genus was described by Carl Ludwig Blume and published in Systema Vegetabilium 7(2): 1731. 1830. (Oct.-Dec. 1830)

History

Species

Loranthus evenius - Macrosolen avenis
Macrosolen formosus

Distribution and status

References

  1. ^ O'Neill, A. R.; Rana, S. K. (2019). "An ethnobotanical analysis of parasitic plants (Parijibi) in the Nepal Himalaya". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 12 (14). doi:10.1186/s13002-016-0086-y.
  2. ^ Shuichiro Tagane, Van Son Dang, Nguyen Van Ngoc, Hoang Thi Binh, Natsuki Komada, Jarearnsak Sae Wai, Akiyo Naiki, Hidetoshi Nagamasu, Hironori Toyama, Tetsukazu Yahara, 2017. Macrosolen bidoupensis (Loranthaceae), a new species from Bidoup Nui Ba National Park, southern Vietnam. PhytoKeys 80: 113-120. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.80.13338
  3. ^ Loranthaceae Macrosolen cochinchinensis (Lour. ) Tiegh.