Korthalsella rubra

Korthalsella rubra (common name - Jointed mistletoe)[3] is a flowering plant in the Santalaceae (sandalwood) family,[4] formerly placed in the Viscaceae.

Korthalsella rubra
Korthalsella rubra on Atalaya hemiglauca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Santalaceae
Genus: Korthalsella
Species:
K. rubra
Binomial name
Korthalsella rubra

Description

It grows to about 16 cm,[5] and has distinctive green to yellow-green segmented branches which are flattened. The minute flowers are found within cushions at the nodes between the segments, separating into the edges as the segments grow larger.[6]

Distribution

It is found in eastern Australia from Gippsland (Victoria) to Cape York (Queensland).[6]

Ecology

It is a host plant for the butterfly, Delias nysa,[6] and can be found on some 25 or more different host species.[7][8]

Taxonomy

It was first described as Bifaria rubra by Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem in 1896.[9][10] In 1897, Adolf Engler assigned it to the genus, Korthalsella, renaming it, Korthalsella rubra.[1][2] This taxonomy is accepted by the CHAH, but others[11] consider it a synonym of Korthalsella japonica f. rubra (Tiegh.) Molvray.

Australian taxonomic sources accept two subspecies, Korthalsella rubra (Tiegh.) Engl. subsp. rubra,[12][5][3] and Korthalsella rubra subsp. geijericola Barlow.[13][5]


References
  1. "Korthalsella rubra". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. Engler, H.G.A. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (1897) Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien. Nachträge zum II bis IV Teil (157-8): 138.
  3. Statjsic, V. (2019) VicFlora Flora of Victoria: Korthalsella rubra (Tiegh.) Engl. from Jeanes, J.A. (1999) Viscaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
  4. Govaerts, R. et. al. (2019) Plants of the world online: Korthalsella. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  5. Quirico, A.L. New South Wales Flora online: Korthalsella rubra (Tiegh.) Engl. National Herbarium of NSW, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney, Australia. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  6. Watson, D.M. (2011) Mistletoes of Southern Australia. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Victoria. ISBN 9780643095939
  7. Downey, PO (1998) An inventory of host species for each aerial mistletoe species (Loranthaceae and Viscaceae) in Australia. Cunninghamia 5, 685-720.
  8. Downey, PO (2004) A regional examination of the mistletoe host species inventory. Cunninghamia 8, 354-361.
  9. Van Tieghem, M. Ph. (2014). "Sur Le Groupement Des Espèces En Genres Dans Les Ginalloées, Bifariées, Phoradendrées Et Viscées, Quatre Tribus De La Famille Des Loranthacées". Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France. 43 (3): 173. doi:10.1080/00378941.1896.10830658. ISSN 0037-8941.
  10. "Bifaria rubra". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  11. Govaerts, R. et. al. (2019) Plants of the world online: Korthalsella rubra. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  12. "Korthalsella rubra (Tiegh.) Engl. subsp. rubra". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  13. "Korthalsella rubra subsp. geijericola Barlow". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
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