Helixanthera

{{Short description|Genus of mistletoes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Helixanthera

| authority = Lour.

| image = Helixanthera obtusatus (Wall.) Danser (14534464724).jpg

| image_caption = Helixanthera obtusata

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Helixanthera is moderately sized genus of showy mistletoe with over 40 species from tropical Africa, southern Asia and Malesia.Flora Malesiana (1997) Series 1, volume 13. The genus was described already 1790 by the Portuguese botanist João de Loureiro in his Flora Cochinchinensis. A new species, Helixanthera schizocalyx, was described in 2010.{{Cite journal |author=T. Harris |author2=I. Darbyshire |author3=R. Polhill |name-list-style=amp |year=2011 |title=New species and range extensions from Mt Namuli, Mt Mabu and Mt Chiperone in northern Mozambique |journal=Kew Bulletin |volume=66 |issue=2 |pages=241–251 |doi=10.1007/s12225-011-9277-9|bibcode=2011KewBu..66..241H }}