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Lepidaria kingii (King) Danserwfo-0000366475

(King) Danser, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 3, 10: 322. 1929; l.c., 11: 312. 1931; Barlow, Fl. Mal. I, 13: 351. 1997.— Loranthus kingii Scort. ex King, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 56: 99. 1887.— Lepidella kingii (King) Danser, Blumea 2: 37. 1936; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 3, 16: 257. 1940. Fig. 5.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Glabrous. Leaves opposite; lamina narrowly ovate to ovate, 9–20 by 3.5–11 cm, shortly cuneate to slightly cordate at the base to a petiole 10–30 mm long, attenuate or acuminate and usually acute at the apex, dull on both sides or slightly lustrous above; venation pinnate with the midrib and the main laterals visible on both sides and the midrib prominent below. Inflorescences at the nodes, a sessile involucrate capitate spike of usually 2 decussate pairs of flowers, involucre (30–)50–85 mm long (c. 30 mm long in the Thailand specimens seen), red, comprising 6–10 pairs of bracts, the upper ones oblong, keeled, acute, very slightly and finely undulate near the apex; floral axis 4–8 mm long; lateral bracts enclosing the flowers 15–30 mm long, keeled, acute. Corolla in mature bud 6-merous, 60–115(–130) mm long (ca. 70 mm long in the Thailand specimens seen), widened upwards for three fourths its length, weakly winged below the neck, clavate and acute to obtuse at the apex, yellow to red, ribbed with yellow to red; tube in the open flower 45 90 mm long, with 1 or 2 deeper splits on one side, with the lobes reflexed 3–6 mm higher. Anther 5–8 mm long, slightly spurred at the base, finely acute, slightly shorter to slightly longer than the free part of the filament.

Thailand : PENINSULAR: Phangnga (Khlong Nang Yon, Thung Maphrao), Trang (Chong), Pattani (Betong, Kamphaeng Phet).

Distribution : Sumatra, Malaysia, Borneo.

Ecology : Humid forests, 0–1,680 m alt., in Thailand recorded at low altitudes to 400 m, parasitic on Parkia sp. and Vitex limonifolia.