''Macrosolen'' is a genus of plants in 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 ...

. It includes about 83 species all over the world with ca. 40 species widely distributed in tropical

South South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþa ...

and

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...

. Some species were described by de Loureiro (1790, as

Loranthus ''Loranthus'' is a genus of parasitic plants that grow on the branches of woody trees. It belongs to the family Loranthaceae, the showy mistletoe family. In most earlier systematic treatments it contains all mistletoe species with bisexual flower ...

), Lecomte (1915, as Elytranthe), Danser (1938) and Hô (2003).

Description

''Macrosolen'' are

parasitic Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The ent ...

shrub A shrub or bush is a small to medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees by their multiple ...

Taxonomy

The genus was described by

Carl Ludwig Blume Charles Ludwig de Blume or Karl Ludwig von Blume (9 June 1796 – 3 February 1862) was a German-Dutch botanist and entomologist who spent most of his professional life in the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies. As deputy director of agricul ...

and published in Systema Vegetabilium 7(2): 1731. 1830. (Oct.-Dec. 1830)

History

Species

* '' Macrosolen acunae''

Danser Benedictus Hubertus Danser (24 May 1891, Schiedam – 18 October 1943, Groningen (city), Groningen), often abbreviated B. H. Danser, was a Dutch taxonomist and botanist. Danser specialised in the plant families Loranthaceae, Nepenthaceae, and Polyg ...

* '' Macrosolen albicaulis'' Wiens * '' Macrosolen amboinensis'' Danser * '' Macrosolen ampullaceus'' Blume * '' Macrosolen ampullaceus'' (Roxb.) Tiegh. * '' Macrosolen angulatus'' Danser * ''

Macrosolen annamicus ''Macrosolen'' is a genus of plants in the family Loranthaceae. It includes about 83 species all over the world with ca. 40 species widely distributed in tropical South and Southeast Asia. Some species were described by de Loureiro (1790, as Lor ...

'' Danser * '' Macrosolen avenis'' Danser * '' Macrosolen barlowii'' Wiens * '' Macrosolen beccarii'' Tiegh. ex Becc. * ''

Macrosolen bellus ''Macrosolen'' is a genus of plants in the family Loranthaceae. It includes about 83 species all over the world with ca. 40 species widely distributed in tropical South and Southeast Asia. Some species were described by de Loureiro (1790, as Lor ...

'' Danser * ''

Macrosolen bibracteolatus ''Macrosolen'' is a genus of plants in the family Loranthaceae. It includes about 83 species all over the world with ca. 40 species widely distributed in tropical South and Southeast Asia. Some species were described by de Loureiro (1790, as Lor ...

'' (Hance) Danser * ''

Macrosolen bidoupensis ''Macrosolen'' is a genus of plants in the family Loranthaceae. It includes about 83 species all over the world with ca. 40 species widely distributed in tropical South and Southeast Asia. Some species were described by de Loureiro (1790, as Lor ...

'' (Shuichiro Tagane, Van Son Dang, Nguyen Van Ngoc, Hoang Thi Binh, Natsuki Komada, Jarearnsak Sae Wai, Akiyo Naiki, Hidetoshi Nagamasu, Hironori Toyama, Tetsukazu Yahara) 2017 * ''

Macrosolen borneanus ''Macrosolen'' is a genus of plants in the family Loranthaceae. It includes about 83 species all over the world with ca. 40 species widely distributed in tropical South and Southeast Asia. Some species were described by de Loureiro (1790, as Lor ...

'' Danser * ''

Macrosolen brandisianus ''Macrosolen'' is a genus of plants in the family Loranthaceae. It includes about 83 species all over the world with ca. 40 species widely distributed in tropical South and Southeast Asia. Some species were described by de Loureiro (1790, as Lor ...

'' (Kurz) Tiegh. * ''

Macrosolen brevitubus ''Macrosolen'' is a genus of plants in the family Loranthaceae. It includes about 83 species all over the world with ca. 40 species widely distributed in tropical South and Southeast Asia. Some species were described by de Loureiro (1790, as Lor ...

'' Barlow * ''

Macrosolen capitellatus ''Macrosolen'' is a genus of plants in the family Loranthaceae. It includes about 83 species all over the world with ca. 40 species widely distributed in tropical South Asia, South and Southeast Asia. Some species were described by de Loureiro ( ...

'' (Wight & Arn.) Danser * ''

Macrosolen carinatulus ''Macrosolen'' is a genus of plants in the family Loranthaceae. It includes about 83 species all over the world with ca. 40 species widely distributed in tropical South and Southeast Asia. Some species were described by de Loureiro (1790, as Lor ...

'' (Wall.) Tiegh. * ''

Macrosolen clavatus ''Macrosolen'' is a genus of plants in the family Loranthaceae. It includes about 83 species all over the world with ca. 40 species widely distributed in tropical South and Southeast Asia. Some species were described by de Loureiro (1790, as Lor ...

'' Blume * ''

Macrosolen cochinchinensis ''Macrosolen'' is a genus of plants in the family Loranthaceae. It includes about 83 species all over the world with ca. 40 species widely distributed in tropical South and Southeast Asia. Some species were described by de Loureiro (1790, as Lor ...

Macrosolen lowii ''Macrosolen'' is a genus of plants in the family Loranthaceae. It includes about 83 species all over the world with ca. 40 species widely distributed in tropical South and Southeast Asia. Some species were described by de Loureiro (1790, as Lor ...

'' (King) Tiegh. * '' Macrosolen macgregorii'' Danser * '' Macrosolen macrophyllus'' Miq. * '' Macrosolen melintangensis'' Miq. * '' Macrosolen nobilis'' Danser * ''

Macrosolen oleoides ''Macrosolen'' is a genus of plants in the family Loranthaceae. It includes about 83 species all over the world with ca. 40 species widely distributed in tropical South Asia, South and Southeast Asia. Some species were described by de Loureiro ( ...

'' Miq. * '' Macrosolen pallens'' Miq. * ''

Macrosolen papillosus ''Macrosolen'' is a genus of plants in the family Loranthaceae. It includes about 83 species all over the world with ca. 40 species widely distributed in tropical South Asia, South and Southeast Asia. Some species were described by de Loureiro ( ...

'' Danser * '' Macrosolen parasiticus'' (L.) Danser * '' Macrosolen patulus'' Blume * '' Macrosolen patulus'' (Jack) Miq. * '' Macrosolen platyphyllus'' Danser * ''

Macrosolen pseudoglobosus ''Macrosolen'' is a genus of plants in the family Loranthaceae. It includes about 83 species all over the world with ca. 40 species widely distributed in tropical South and Southeast Asia. Some species were described by de Loureiro (1790, as Lor ...

'' Miq. * '' Macrosolen pseudoperfoliatus'' Miq. * ''

Macrosolen psilanthus ''Macrosolen'' is a genus of plants in the family Loranthaceae. It includes about 83 species all over the world with ca. 40 species widely distributed in tropical South and Southeast Asia. Some species were described by de Loureiro (1790, as Lor ...

Macrosolen viridiflorus ''Macrosolen'' is a genus of plants in the family Loranthaceae. It includes about 83 species all over the world with ca. 40 species widely distributed in tropical South and Southeast Asia. Some species were described by de Loureiro (1790, as Lor ...

'' (Wall.) Tiegh. * ''

'' Blume * '' Macrosolen worcesteri'' Danser * '' Macrosolen wrayi'' Danser

Distribution and status

References

External links

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GBIF: ''Macrosolen''
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Macrosolen (Blume) Rchb.

Loranthaceae Loranthaceae genera {{Santalales-stub