Trithecanthera
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Trithecanthera is a genus of showy mistletoe
s in the family Loranthaceae
. It contains approximately 5 species in the Malesia
n region of South East Asia. The genus includes the species described within the genus Kingella as Kingella scortechinii.
Mistletoe
Mistletoe is the common name for obligate hemi-parasitic plants in several families in the order Santalales. The plants in question grow attached to and within the branches of a tree or shrub.-Mistletoe in the genus Viscum:...
s in the family Loranthaceae
Loranthaceae
Loranthaceae is a family of flowering plants, which has been universally recognized by taxonomists. It consists of about 75 genera and 1,000 species of woody plants, many of them hemi-parasites, all of them except three having the mistletoe habit...
. It contains approximately 5 species in the Malesia
Malesia
Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the boundaries of the Indomalaya ecozone and Australasia ecozone, and also a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom.-Floristic province:...
n region of South East Asia. The genus includes the species described within the genus Kingella as Kingella scortechinii.
Sources
- Tieghem (1894) Bull. Soc. Bot. France 41: 597.
- Danser (1933) Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., sect. 2, 29: 128.