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}} Korthalsella rubra (common name - Jointed mistletoe)[3] is a flowering plant in the Santalaceae (sandalwood) family,[4] formerly placed in the Viscaceae.
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.[9][10]
Taxonomy
It was first described as Bifaria rubra by Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem in 1896.[11][12] In 1897, Adolf Engler assigned it to the genus, Korthalsella, renaming it, Korthalsella rubra.[[2] This taxonomy is accepted by the CHAH, but others[15] consider it a synonym of Korthalsella japonica f. rubra (Tiegh.) Molvray.]
Australian taxonomic sources accept two subspecies, Korthalsella rubra (Tiegh.) Engl. subsp. rubra,[16][5][3] and Korthalsella rubra subsp. geijericola Barlow.[19][5]
References
1. ^1 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.
2. ^1 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.
3. ^1 Govaerts, R. et. al. (2019) Plants of the world online: Korthalsella. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
4. ^1 {{cite journal|last1=Van Tieghem|first1=M. Ph.|title=Sur Le Groupement Des Espèces En Genres Dans Les Ginalloées, Bifariées, Phoradendrées Et Viscées, Quatre Tribus De La Famille Des Loranthacées|journal=Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France|volume=43|issue=3|year=2014|page=173|issn=0037-8941|doi=10.1080/00378941.1896.10830658}}
5. ^1 {{APNI2|id=456830|name=Bifaria rubra}}
6. ^1 {{APNI2|id=115560|name=Korthalsella rubra (Tiegh.) Engl. subsp. rubra}}
7. ^1 2 3 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.
8. ^1 2 Statjsic, V. (2019) [https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/deb2c2be-de0c-4e53-890d-cd3c0d79292d 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.
9. ^1 2 3 Watson, D.M. (2011) Mistletoes of Southern Australia. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Victoria. {{ISBN|9780643095939}}
10. ^1 {{APNI2|id=115552|name=Korthalsella rubra subsp. geijericola Barlow}}
11. ^1 Downey, PO (1998) An inventory of host species for each aerial mistletoe species (Loranthaceae and Viscaceae) in Australia. [https://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/getmedia/45da9206-5752-4403-a295-f62d4de172a0/Volume-5(3)-1998-Cun5Dow685-720.pdf.aspx Cunninghamia 5, 685-720.]
12. ^1 Downey, PO (2004) A regional examination of the mistletoe host species inventory. [https://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/getmedia/90a5fec6-bba3-4501-8abf-26e1d184951d/Volume-8(3)-2004-Cun8Dow354-361.pdf.aspx Cunninghamia 8, 354-361.]