Species Viscum galpinianum

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There aren’t any identifications of Viscum galpinianum.

Range:

Location unknown

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Etymology of Viscum:

Latin name for birdlime, a sticky substance made from the plant’s berries and smeared on branches to catch birds. Classical Latin name for mistletoe, derived ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning ‘sticky’; hence the English word viscid.

Etymology of galpinianum:

Named after Ernest Edward Galpin (1858-1941), a South African botanist and banker. He left some 16,000 sheets to the National Herbarium in Pretoria and was dubbed "the Prince of Collectors" by General Smuts. Galpin discovered half a dozen genera and many hundreds of new species.

Scientific name:

Viscum galpinianum Schinz

Etymology applies to:

Synonym of:

Viscum subserratum

Long etymology:

Authors:

Schinz

Protologue:

Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 49: 179 (1904)

Synonym status:

Heterotypic synonym