''Plicosepalus'' is a genus of
hemiparasitic
A parasitic plant is a plant that derives some or all of its nutritional requirements from another living plant. They make up about 1% of angiosperms and are found in almost every biome. All parasitic plants develop a specialized organ called the ...
flowering plants belonging to the 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 ...
.
Members of the genus are native range to eastern, central and southern Africa, the Levant, and the Arabian Peninsula.
Species:
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Plicosepalus acaciae''
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Plicosepalus amplexicaulis''
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Plicosepalus curviflorus''
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Plicosepalus foliosus''
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Plicosepalus kalachariensis''
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Plicosepalus meridianus''
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Plicosepalus ogadenensis''
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Plicosepalus robustus''
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Plicosepalus sagittifolius''
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Plicosepalus somalensis''
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Plicosepalus undulatus''
References
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Loranthaceae
Loranthaceae genera