Agelanthus atrocoronatus
Agelanthus atrocoronatus is a species of hemiparasitic plant in the family Loranthaceae. It is endemic to Tanzania.[3][1] It is known only from the Mufindi Plateau in Tanzania, and was last collected in the 1980s.[1]
| Agelanthus atrocoronatus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Loranthaceae |
| Genus: | Agelanthus |
| Species: | A. atrocoronatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Agelanthus atrocoronatus | |
Habitat/ecology
A. atrocoronatus is parasitic on various hosts including Vitaceae (the wine-grape family), is bird pollinated, and found in grassland and at the edges of montane forest.[1]
Threats & conservation efforts
The major threats to this species are from urban expansion, and from the exploitation of the trees which host it.[1] Conservation efforts center on local tea estates which currently afford protection to the forests remaining within them.[1]
References
- IUCN SSC East African Plants Red List Authority. 2013. Agelanthus atrocoronatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T179641A1585064. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T179641A1585064.en. Downloaded on 22 March 2018.
- Polhill, R.M. & Wiens, D. 1998. Mistletoes of Africa 179
- Polhill, R.M. & Wiens, D. 1999. Loranthaceae, Flora of Tropical East Africa.
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