Loranthaceae
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Description
950 spp.
Growing form
Shrubs or trees
Leaf
Leaves opposite, thick and coriaceous, fragile when dried, no stipules
Flower
Flowers 4-5-merous, showy or minute, ovary inferior, flowers subtended by small often fused bracts (bracteoles) that form a calyx like structure (calyculus)
Fruit and seed
Fruit a berry or drupe, bird-distributed
Source: Pinkka e-learning: Tropical plant families (EKOL4311, University of Turku) - All tropical plant families
Observations in Finland
The map represents observations of this taxon, but it may not be used as a distribution map.
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Observations
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Species card
Checklist
FinBIF master checklist
Scientific name
Loranthaceae
Author
Juss.
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.4971906
Taxon rank
family
DNA barcode sequences
Informal groups
- Vascular plants
Taxon information in machine-readable form
Subordinate taxa