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Lysiana

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Lysiana is a genus of hemiparasitic shrubs endemic to Australia, in the family Loranthaceae.

Species

Harlequin Mistletoe

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderSantalales
  5. FamilyLoranthaceae
Native toNew South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Observations1,757

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
14
With media
7
Family
Loranthaceae
Collections
MEL, BPBM, EIU, IPA/SP, BRIT, MNHN
Recorded in
Australia, AustráLia

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Lysiana is a genus of hemiparasitic shrubs endemic to Australia, in the family Loranthaceae.

==Description== Lysiana is a genus of aerial shrubs, which are parasitic on the stems of their hosts. They are erect to pendulous, smooth and with no epicortical runners. The leaves are opposite, and sometimes clustered on shortened axes, and flat with pinnate venation or compressed or terete. The inflorescence is axillary, and may be either a pedunculate or sessile two-flowered umbel or a single flower. The flowers have just one bract per flower. The six Petals are united into a curved tube inflated in middle and unequally divided, more deeply so and more reflexed on concave side. The stamens are equal. The anthers are fixed at the base, and about as long as free part of filament.

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