''Vanwykia'' is a genus of
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 ...
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Its native range is Southern Africa and is found in the countries of Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and the Northern Provinces within South Africa.
Known species
As accepted by Kew:
* ''
Vanwykia remota''
(Baker & Sprague) Wiens
* ''
Vanwykia rubella
''Vanwykia'' is a genus of 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 ...
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Polhill & Wiens
The genus name of ''Vanwykia'' is in honour of Pieter van Wyck (1931–2006), a South African botanist and
ecologist.
It was first described and published in Bothalia Vol.12 on page 422 in 1978.
References
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Loranthaceae
Loranthaceae genera
Plants described in 1978
Flora of Tanzania
Flora of South Tropical Africa
Flora of the Northern Provinces