VISCACEAE


D.KIRKUP
see Barlow in Flora Malesiana Bulletin 10 (4): 335-338 (1991) for a provisional key to the genera

  • GINALLOA
  • KORTHALSELLA
  • NOTOTHIXOS
  • VISCUM

    GINALLOA

    Danser in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. Ser. III, XI, 448-452 (1931)

    G. arnottiana Korth.

    Shrublet · VEG: LMDF, disturbed LMDF · HAB: alluvial flats, undulating hills, aerial hemiparasite in crowns of small trees, recorded on Acronychia pedunculata , Antidesma (with Macrosolen curvinervis) host · GEO: deep sandy soil, yellow sand over tertiary clays, Belait series sandstone · ALT: near sea level-150 m

    BEL: Labi, Bt. Telingan, Kirkup 247; Melilas, Batu Patam, Wong 1062; Melilas, Sg. Ingei, Kessler 365; Melilas, K. Ingei, Ashton BRUN 201 · Borneo, Lesser Sunda Is., Sulawesi, Moluccas

    G. linearis Danser

    Shrublet · VEG: disturbed LMDF · HAB: aerial hemiparasite at 10 m recorded on Croton host · ALT: 50-200 m

    BEL: Labi, Labi Hills F.R., Coode 6811. TEM: Amo, K.Belalong, Smythies SAN 17082 · Borneo

    KORTHALSELLA

    Danser in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. Ser. III, XI: 452-454 (1931)

    K. geminata Engl.

    Small shrublet · HAB: open ridgetop, aerial hemiparasite on Garcinia host · ALT: 1600 m

    TEM: Amo, Bt. Pagon, Wong 1855 · Borneo

    NOTOTHIXOS

    Danser in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. Ser. III, XI: 456-459 (1931)

    N. cf. leiophyllus K. Schum.

    Small shrub · VEG: lower montane forest · HAB: steep slope, aerial hemiparasite in understorey tree · ALT: 850 m

    TEM: Amo, Bt. Belalong, Prance 30577 · The species is known from the Philippines, Moluccas, New Guinea, Queensland

    VISCUM

    Danser in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. Ser. III, XI: 459-470 (1931)

    V. articulatum Burm.f.

    Leafless shrublet · VEG: peatswamp forest, secondary forest, disturbed riparian vegetation · HAB: riverside, flats, aerial hemiparasite recorded on Blumeodendron tokbrai host, also hyperparasitic on Macrosolen · GEO: recent alluvium, raised white sand terrace · ALT: near sea level.

    BEL: Bukit Sawat, Jln. Labi-Merangking, Kirkup 366; Seria, Seria, Smythies S 5900. BRM: Serasa, Kpg. Sabun, Wong 923 · Malaya, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Lesser Sunda Is., Sulawesi, Moluccas

    V. orientale Willd.

    Leafy shrublet · VEG: LMDF, disturbed LMDF · HAB: valley bottom, steep slopes, forest remnants and roadside, aerial hemiparasite recorded at 2-6 m on Eugenia, Euodia, Tristania hosts · GEO: Belait series sandstone, Setap shales · ALT: near sea level-100 m

    BEL: Bukit Sawat, Jln. Labi, Kirkup 395; Labi, Bt. Teraja, Kirkup 271; Sungai Liang, Sungai Liang, Kirkup 385. TUT: Lamunin, Kirkup 299. Without prov.: van Niel 4183 · Malaya, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Lesser Sunda Is., Sulawesi, New Guinea

    VISCACEAE INDET.

    BEL: Labi, Bukit Teraja, Kirkup 425; Labi, Bt. Telingan, Ashton BRUN 26; Melilas, Sg. Topi-Ingei watershed, Kirkup 751. TUT: Ulu Tutong, Bukit Bahak, Kirkup 588.


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