Flora of Dominica, Part 2 - Smithsonian Institution Libraries

NUMBER 77 LORANTHACEAE 133
3974), Sylvania (Hodge 3981), Syndicate (Whitefoord 4412).
sine loc. (Imray 216,386, Eggers 94b at K). Seen on Sloanea
at Syndicate (Nicolson!).
Phoradendron hartii
Phoradendron hartii Krug & Urban in Urban, 1897:40.-Trelease, 191698.-
Kellogg & Howard, 1986:80.
Leaves lance-linear to oblong, k falcate, 3-5-veined;
inflorescence to 3 cm long, type la or le; young fruits
pyriform, drying with a golden sheen visible under lox lens,
sepals closed.
Trinidad; new record for Dominica: Sylvania (Wilbur 7713).
On Citrus.
Phoradendron hexastichum
Phoradendron hexastichum A.P. Candolle) Grisebach, 1860:313.-Trelease,
1916:135.-Kell0gg & Howard, 1986:80.
Viscwn hexastichwn A.P. Candolle, 1830,4:282.
Branchlets strongly flattened; leaves smooth, ovate to
rotund, pinnately veined; inflorescences strongly hexastichous
to 5 cm long, type lb; fruits white, with closed sepals.
From Brazil through West Indies to Mexico; new record for
Dominica: Pointe Lolo (Ernst 1171). On Richeria grands.
Phoradendron martinicense
Phoradendron martinicense (A.P. Candolle) Grisebach, 1860:314.-Trelease,
1916:145.-Kd0gg & Howard, 1986:83.
Viscwn martinicense A.P. Candolle. 1830,4:280.
Bois capitaine.
A species distinguished by bearing > one pair of bracts
between leaves, often with inflorescences; leaves large,
palmately veined; inflorescence to 6 cm long, triads or five
(type la); fruits globose, yellow to orange and rough, sepals
open.
Northern South America to Guadeloupe; apparently frequent
in wet interior of Dominica: Fond Figues River (Ernst 1583),
Mome Micotrin (Hodge 2085), Pont Cass6 (Ernst 1202, Wilbur
7836), Sylvania (Hodge 1439), Syndicate (Whitefoord 4370).
On Sloanea sp. and Licania ternatensis.
Phoradendron mucronatum
Phoradendron mucronatwn (A.P. Candolle) Krug & Urban in Urban,
1897:34.-Trelease, 1916:118.-Kellogg & Howard, 1986:84.
Viscwn mucronatwn A.P. Candolle, 1830,4:282.
Stems minutely glandular-papillate; leaves small (4 cm
long); inflorescence short (4 cm long), flowers in triads, the
lower 2 being pistillate, so fruiting inflorescence appears
tetrastichous; fruits prominently warty, white to orange, sepals
erect.
Brazil to Panama, scattered in Antilles; apparently a new
record for Dominica but rather frequent along dry west coast:
Badineau Estate (Hodge 2231,2233), Batali River (Ernst 1640,
Websrer 13176), Pointe Ronde (Ernst 1569), West Cabrit
(Smith 10315). On Zanthoxylum spinifex, Eugenia ligustrina.
Seen on W. Cabrit on Croton (Nicolson!).
One specimen, Hodge 1946 from the wet interior (Boiling
Lake), was redetermined as Dendrophthora.
Phoradendron piperoides
Phoradendron piperoides (Lamar&) Trelease. 1916:145.-Kellogg & Howard,
198685.
Viscwn latifoliwn Swartz. 1797:268, non Lamarck.
Loranthus piperoides Kunth, 1820,3:443.
Viscwn saururoides A.P. Candolle, 1830,4:280.
Phoradendron laiifoliwn Grisebach, 1860:314.
Phoradendron latifoliwn var. sawuroides (A.P. Candolle) Grisebach,
1860:314.
Stems with bracts between nodes; leaves 6-12 cm x 2-3 cm,
venation pinnate but obscure; inflorescences erect, type la or in
triads; fruits ovoid, yellow to orange, drying wrinkled, sepals
stiffly erect.
Widespread in neotropics; in wet interior of Dominica:
South Chiltem (Ernst 1107), Syndicate (Wasshausen & Ayensu
354). The Emst collection is on Stylogyne lateriflora, the other
said to be on Dacryodes excelsa. These are the first collections
from Dominica since Ramage collected it in 1888.
Phoradendron trinervium
Phoradendron trinervium (Lamarck) Grisebach, 1860:314.-Trelease,
l916103.-Kell0gg & Howad, 1986~92.
Viscwn rrinerviwn Lamarck. 1789,351.
Viscwn myrtilloides Willdenow, 1806,4739.
Phoradendron myrtilloides (Willdenow) Grisebach, 1860:314.
Phoradendron verticillatwn Fawcett & Rendle, 1914 [Nw], 3:%, non
(Linnaeus) hce.
Young stems quadrangular; leaves with obscure venation;
inflorescence type la, Id, le (rarely solitary); fruits globose,
yellow to orange or reddish, rather elongate, often papillate
around top, sepals erect.
Most of Antilles (not Cuba) into Venezuela and Panama;
commonly collected along dry west coast, occasionally
elsewhere (Rosalie) in Dominica: Cabrits (Ernst 1180, Hodge
650), Cocoa Centre (Nicolson 1862), Gabriel (Wilbur 8280),
Grand Savanne (Hodge 3784), Mero Valley (Ember 917),
Milton (Hodge 2521), Pointe Ronde (Chambers 2661, Ernst
1572), Rosalie (Ernst 1365), Salisbury (Wilbur 8113), below
Syndicate (Whitefoord 4321).
Flowering material collected in January-May, young fruit in
June-August and the only specimen in ripe fruit was collected
in late October. On Diospyros revoluta, Zanthoxylum, and
Calliandra tergemina.