Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition
Korthalsella rubra (Tiegh.) Engl. subsp. rubra
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Whole plant on host. © CSIRO
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Whole plant with flowers, on host. Copyight Aaron Bean
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Family
Engler, H.G.A. (1897) Nat. Pflanzenfam. 1: 138.
Stem
Leaves
Leaves absent or very small, about 0.5-1 mm long.
Flowers
Fruit
Seedlings
Features not available.
Distribution and Ecology
Natural History & Notes
Food plant for the larval stage of the Yellow-spotted Jezabel Butterfly. Braby, M. (2000).
Parasitic on a wide variety of rain forest and open forest plants.
Synonyms
Bifaria rubra Tieghem, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 43: 173(1896), Type: New South Wales, Richmond River, F. Mueller(?); Holo: P. Viscum pycnanthum Domin, Biblioth. Bot. 89: 604(1921), Type: Queensland, summit of Mt Bellenden Ker, 4 jan. 1910, K. Domin s.n.; Holo: PR?. Korthalsella articulata Blakely, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 53: 33(1928), Type: New South Wales, Illawarra, Mt Kembla, june 1888, Fletcher; Lecto: NSW. Fide Barlow (1983) Brunonia 6: 51.
RFK Code
6033
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