Macrosolen

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|image = Macrosolen capitellatus (3441816430), crop.jpg

|image_caption = Flowers of M. capitellatus

|taxon = Macrosolen

|authority = C. L. Blume (1830)

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Macrosolen is a genus of plants in the family Loranthaceae. It includes about 83 species all over the world with ca. 40 species widely distributed in tropical South and Southeast Asia.{{cite journal |last1=O'Neill |first1=A. R.| last2=Rana | first2= S. K. | date=2019 |title=An ethnobotanical analysis of parasitic plants (Parijibi) in the Nepal Himalaya |journal=Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine |volume=12 |issue=14 |page=14 |doi=10.1186/s13002-016-0086-y |doi-access=free |pmid=26912113 |pmc=4765049 }} Some species were described by de Loureiro (1790, as Loranthus), Lecomte (1915, as Elytranthe), Danser (1938) and Hô (2003).

Description

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Macrosolen are parasitic shrubs.

Taxonomy

The genus was described by Carl Ludwig Blume and published in Systema Vegetabilium 7(2): 1731. 1830. (Oct.-Dec. 1830)

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File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - L.0939513 - Arckenhausen, J.C.P. - Loranthus evenius Blume - Artwork, crop.jpeg

File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - L.2096251 - Sixtus, Ernst Philipp - Macrosolen formosus (Blume) Miquel - Artwork, crop.jpeg

Distribution and status

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