Psittacanthus cucullaris (Lam.) Blume

• Authority

  Maguire, Bassett. 1978. The botany of the Guayana Highland--part X. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 29: 1-288.

• Family

  Loranthaceae

• Scientific Name

  Psittacanthus cucullaris (Lam.) Blume

• Description

  Species Description - Branches articulated, that is, carrying a paler line transversely on the node and between the two opposite leaves of a pair; bracts brick red; corolla yellow-green, the recurved lobes orange; fruit blue-black, seated on a red receptacle.

• Discussion

  Psittacanthus cucullaris (Lamarck) Blume in Schultes, Syst. 7: 1730. 1830. Loranthus cucullaris Lam., Jour. Hist. Nat. Paris 23: 444. 1792.