Overview
Shrubs parasitic, base often with epicortical roots, all parts glabrous. Leaves opposite, pinnately veined. Inflorescences axillary, racemes or spikes, rarely umbels; 1 bract and 2 bracteoles subtending each flower; bract small, shorter than the calyx; bracteoles often connate. Flowers bisexual, 6-merous, actinomorphic or sometimes zygomorphic by the presence of a single split. Calyx ovoid to ellipsoid, limb annular or cupular, persistent. Mature flower bud tubular. Corolla sympetalous, tube gradually dilated, usually 6-keeled in mi ddle portion, then constricted abruptly to a neck and expanded to a clavate tip, lobes reflexed. Filaments short; anthers 4-loculed, sometimes multilocellate; pollen grain semilobate in polar view. Ovary at first 3-loculed, then 1-loculed; placentation free, central. Style filiform, base usually art iculated. Stigma capitate. Berry ovoid or ellipsoid.
About 40 species: tropical S and SE Asia; five species in China.[1]
Taxonomy
The Genus Macrosolen is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 78 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Genus Macrosolen: M. acunae · M. albicaulis · M. amboinensis · M. ampullaceus · M. angulatus · M. annamicus · M. avenis · M. barlowii · M. beccarii · M. bellus · M. bibracteolatus · M. borneanus · M. brandisianus · M. brevitubus · M. capitellatus · M. carinatulus · M. clavatus · M. cochinchinensis · M. cochinchinensis var. lanceolatus · M. coriaceus · M. crassus · M. creatophyllus · M. curtiflorus · M. curvinervis · M. demesae · M. dianthus · M. elasticus · M. evenius · M. flammeus · M. floridus · M. fordii · M. formosus · M. geminatus · M. globosus · M. jackianus · M. javanus · M. krempfii · M. kunstleri · M. latifolius · M. lowii · M. macgregorii · M. macrophyllus · M. melintangensis · M. nobilis · M. oleoides · M. pallens · M. papillosus · M. parasiticus · M. patulus · M. platyphyllus · M. pseudo-globosus · M. pseudo-perfoliatus · M. pseudoglobosus · M. pseudoperfoliatus · M. psilanthus · M. pusillus · M. reinwardtianus · M. retusus · M. robinsonii · M. rotundatus · M. sphaerocarpus · M. splendidus · M. suberosus · M. subsessilis · M. subumbellatus · M. sumatranus · M. surigaoensis · M. tenuiflorus · M. tetragonus · M. tomentosus · M. tribracteatus · M. tricolor · M. trigonus · M. tubiflorus · M. urceolatus · M. viridiflorus · M. worcesteri · M. wrayi
Bibliography
- Kiu Hua-shing. 1988. Loranthoideae. In: Kiu Hua-shing & Ling Yeou-ruenn, eds., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 24: 87139.
Footnotes
- Huaxing Qiu & Michael G. Gilbert "Macrosolen". in Flora of China Vol. 5 Page 220. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
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