Scurrula is a genus of parasitic shrubs in the family Loranthaceae, native to south-east Asia.
Description Vegetative characteristics Scurrula are parasitic shrubs Generative characteristics The inflorescence is a raceme. The glabrous or pubescent fruits are clavate, pyriform, or turbinate.
Taxonomy It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 with Scurrula parasitica as the type species.Linné, Carl von, & Salvius, Lars. (1753). Caroli Linnaei ... Species plantarum :exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas... (Vol. 1, p. 110). Impensis Laurentii Salvii. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358129 Species The Catalogue of Life lists the following species:
Scurrula aphodastrica Scurrula argentea Scurrula atropurpurea Scurrula buddleioides Scurrula chingii Scurrula cordifolia Scurrula corynitis Scurrula didyma Scurrula elata Scurrula ferruginea Scurrula gongshanensis Scurrula lepidota Scurrula meeboldii Scurrula montana Scurrula notothixoides Scurrula oortiana Scurrula parasitica Scurrula phoebe-formosanae Scurrula pulverulenta Scurrula rhopalocarpa Scurrula robertsonii Scurrula rugulosa Scurrula stocksii Scurrula tsaii Scurrula turbinata
Parasitism Scurrula has a low host-specificity and can parasitize various plants.Barlow, B. A. (1991). Conspectus of the genera Scurrula L. and Taxillus Tieghem (Loranthaceae) in the Malesian region. Blumea: Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants, 36(1), 63-85.
Distribution The centre of diversity is Java.
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