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Helixanthera
Sign in to saveHelixanthera is moderately sized genus in the showy mistletoe family, Loranthaceae. It has over 40 species from tropical Africa, southern Asia and Malesia. The genus was described already 1790 by the Portuguese botanist João de Loureiro in his Flora Cochinchinensis. A new species, Helixanthera schizocalyx, was described in 2010.
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Vinony's link graph records 8 inbound references to Helixanthera, and connects out to plant, Wikidata and Angiosperms.
Vinony files it under Loranthaceae, Loranthaceae genera and Taxa named by João de Loureiro.
Vinony links it to 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSantalales
- FamilyLoranthaceae
General: Helixanthera is the most primitive genus of the family
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 178
- With media
- 169
- Family
- Loranthaceae
- Collections
- US, MICH, CM, NY, BPBM
- Recorded in
- Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia/Sarawak
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Loranthaceae
- Image
- Helixanthera obtusatus (Wall.) Danser (14534464724).jpg
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- Commons category
- Helixanthera
- taxon name
- Helixanthera
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Helixanthera
- taxon common name
- 离瓣寄生属
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Encyclopedic overview
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Helixanthera is moderately sized genus in the showy mistletoe family, Loranthaceae. It has over 40 species from tropical Africa, southern Asia and Malesia. The genus was described already 1790 by the Portuguese botanist João de Loureiro in his Flora Cochinchinensis. A new species, Helixanthera schizocalyx, was described in 2010.
==Species== The Catalogue of Life includes the following species:
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