__NOTOC__ ''Agelanthus'' is a genus of

Afrotropical The Afrotropical realm is one of Earth's eight biogeographic realms. It includes Africa south of the Sahara Desert, the majority of the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Madagascar, southern Iran and extreme southwestern Pakistan, and the island ...

plants in family

Loranthaceae Loranthaceae, commonly known as the showy mistletoes, is a family of flowering plants. It consists of about 75 genera and 1,000 species of woody plants, many of them hemiparasites. The three terrestrial species are ''Nuytsia floribunda'' (the W ...

. They grow in trees, including

Acacia ''Acacia'', commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa and Australasia. The genus na ...

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 in colour, 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 natalitius subsp zeyheri, d, Seringveld

Agelanthus natalitius subsp zeyheri, d, Seringveld

Agelanthus natalitius subsp zeyheri, habitus, Seringveld

* '' 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 __NOTOC__ ''Agelanthus'' is a genus of Afrotropics, Afrotropical plants in 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 hausto ...

'' (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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Loranthaceae genera Plants described in 1895 Taxa named by Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem {{Santalales-stub