Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition

Decaisnina angustata (Barlow) Barlow


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Family

Barlow, B.A. (1993) Blumea 38(1): 77.

Stem

Aerial stem-parasitic shrub. Epicortical runners present.

Leaves

Leaves narrowly elliptic, glaucous and pale coloured or non-glaucous an drying dark coloured. Leaf blades about 7-18 x 1-4 cm, rounded at apex, attenuate at base to petioles about 0.3-1 cm long. Venation usually obvious.

Flowers

Inflorescence axis about 20-50 mm long bearing 3-9 pairs of triads on peduncles about 1-4 mm long. All flowers sessile. Calyx about 0.7-1 mm long, without lobes or weakly lobed or toothed. Corolla about 18-25 mm long, mainly red but range to dark maroon, near apex green or yellow. Petals united at the base for about 0.5-1 mm. Anthers about (1.5-) 2-2.5 (-3mm) mm long, staminal filaments about 1-2 mm long. Ovary about 3.5 mm long.

Fruit

Fruit 8-10 mm long, globose, sometimes striped.  Seeds immersed in a translucent gel.

Seedlings

Features not available.

Distribution and Ecology

Occurs in WA, NT, CYP and NEQ. Altitudinal range in northern Austraia from near sea level to 250 m. Usually parasitic on a variety of variety of species in vine forest, gallery forest and monsoon woodland.

Synonyms

Decaisnina petiolata subsp. angustata Barlow, Brunonia 5(2): 205 (1983). Type: Western Australia: Boiga Falls, Drysdale R. Nat. Park, 15°08S., 127°06E., Kenneally 3049, 4.viii.1975.

RFK Code

6052

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