Tapinanthus

Tapinanthus globiferus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Santalales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Santalales

Familia: Loranthaceae
Tribus: Lorantheae
Subtribus: Tapinanthinae
Genus: Tapinanthus
Species: T. apodanthus – T. bangwensis – T. belvisii – T. buchneri – T. buntingii – T. buvumae – T. constrictiflorus – T. cordifolius – T. coronatus – T. dependens – T. erectotruncatus – T. erianthus – T. farmari – T. forbesii – T. glaucophyllus – T. globifer – T. letouzeyi – T. longiflorus – T. malacophyllus – T. mechowii – T. mollissimus – T. ogowensis – T. oleifolius – T. ophiodes – T. pentagonus – T. praetexta – T. preussii – T. quequensis – T. rubromarginatus – T. sessilifolius

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Tapinanthus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Nov 25. Reference page.

Name

Tapinanthus (Blume) Rchb., Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch [1]: 73. (1841) nom. cons.

Type species: Tapinanthus sessilifolius (P.Beauv.) Tiegh., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 42(3): 267. (1895)

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Loranthus sect. Tapinanthus Blume Fl. Javae Loranth.: 15. (1830)
• Homotypic
  • Tapinanthus (Blume) Blume, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 7(2): 1730. (1830), comb. inval. (rank unclear: genus or sectio)
  • Tapinanthus (Blume) Post & Kuntze, Lex. Gen. Phan. 550. (1903), comb. superfl., isonym
• Heterotypic
  • Acrostephanus Tiegh., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 42: 268. (1895)

Homonyms

• Tapeinanthus Herbert, Amaryll. 190. 1837, nom. rej. (Amaryllidaceae)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Reichenbach, H.G.L. 1841. Der Deutsche Botaniker. Erster Band. Das Herbarienbuch.: 73.

Additional references

• Blume, C.L. 1830. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 7(2): 1730.
• Post, T.E. v. & Kuntze, C.E.O. 1903. Lexicon generum phanerogamarum, inde ab anno MDCCXXXVII: cum nomenclatura legitima internationali et systemate inter recentia medio. Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt. Biblioteca Digital / Upsaliae: Typis Wretmanianis. BHL Reference page.  [see page 550]
• Toelken, H.R. & Wiens, D. 1979. (471) Proposal to Conserve 2074 Tapinanthus (Blume) Reichenbach, 1841 (Loranthaceae), against Tapeinanthus Herbert, 1837 (Amaryllidaceae). Taxon 28(5–6): 610–611. JSTOR. [approved, see Taxon 31(3): 544. 1982.] Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Tapinanthus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jan. 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Tapinanthus. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 24 2018.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Tapinanthus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 Jan. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tapinanthus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Tapinanthus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 8 February 2018.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Vuurhoutjies
English: Lighted candles

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