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Psittacanthus cordatus - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Petrolândia, Pernambuco, Brazil; 7/2013 © Jan Mertens

Psittacanthus cordatus - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Petrolândia, Pernambuco, Brazil; 7/2013 © Jan Mertens

Psittacanthus cordatus - Foliage - Click to enlarge!

Foliage; Petrolândia, Pernambuco, Brazil; 7/2013 © Jan Mertens

Psittacanthus cordatus - Branch with flowers - Click to enlarge!

Branch with flowers; Petrolândia, Pernambuco, Brazil; 7/2013 © Jan Mertens

Psittacanthus cordatus - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Petrolândia, Pernambuco, Brazil; 7/2013 © Jan Mertens

Psittacanthus cordatus - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Petrolândia, Pernambuco, Brazil; 7/2013 © Jan Mertens

Dataset

Identifier: 2153
Date of entry: 23.11.2013
Last update: 11.01.2020

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Santalales (8)

        Family: Loranthaceae (6)(family description)

          Genus: Psittacanthus (2)

            Epithet: cordatus (Hoffmanns. ex Schult. f.) Blume (1)

cordatus => heart-shaped, as of leaves having the stalk at the notched end

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: red, orange

External links

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