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Agelanthus is a genus of Afrotropical plants in the family Loranthaceae. They grow in trees, including Acacia and Combretum species, as hemiparasitic shrubs of varying sizes. The host plant is penetrated by a single haustorium, and the stems typically have swollen, flower-producing nodes. The flowers are often closely clustered (fascicled) with the five petals (pentamerous) fused into a tube (gamopetalous).Flowers of the closely related genus Phragmanthera are similar in many respects. The flower may have a swollen base and the tubes open along unilateral, V-shaped splits. The filaments remain spirally rolled inward when the flowers open, while the styles are inconspicuous, slender filaments that are somewhat thickened in the middle. Berries range from pink to orange and red, and are around 1 cm in diameter.
The genus was first described by Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem in 1895.
Species It is the largest genus of the Afrotropical Loranthaceae containing some 61 species, including:
Agelanthus atrocoronatus Polhill & Wiens Agelanthus bipartitus Balle ex Polhill & Wiens Agelanthus brunneus (Engl.) Tiegh. Agelanthus combreticola (Lebrun & L.Touss.) Polhill & Wiens Agelanthus copaiferae (Sprague) Polhill & Wiens Agelanthus igneus (Engl. & K.Krause) Polhill & Wiens Agelanthus kayseri (Meisn.) Polhill & Wiens Agelanthus keilii (Meisn.) Polhill & Wiens Agelanthus longipes (Baker & Sprague) Polhill & Wiens Agelanthus microphyllus Polhill & Wiens Agelanthus myrsinifolius (Engl. & K.Krause) Polhill & Wiens Agelanthus natalitius (Meisn.) Polhill & Wiens Agelanthus nyasicus (Baker & Sprague) Polhill & Wiens Agelanthus pennatulus (Sprague) Polhill & Wiens Agelanthus pungu (De Wild.) Polhill & Wiens Agelanthus rondensis (Engl.) Polhill & Wiens Agelanthus tanganyikae (Engl.) Polhill & Wiens Agelanthus terminaliae (Engl. & Gilg) Polhill & Wiens Agelanthus toroensis (Sprague) Polhill & Wiens Agelanthus transvaalensis (Sprague) Polhill & Wiens Agelanthus uhehensis (Engl.) Polhill & Wiens Agelanthus unyorensis (Sprague) Polhill & Wiens Agelanthus validus Polhill & Wiens Agelanthus villosiflorus (Engl.) Polhill & Wiens Agelanthus zizyphifolius (Engl.) Polhill & Wiens
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