Species Viscum matabelense
Pictures from Observations
There aren’t any identifications of Viscum matabelense.
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 matabelense:
Matabeleland is a region of south-western Zimbabwe named after its inhabitants, the Ndebele people who were called 'Matabele' by British as they failed to pronounce 'Ma Ndebele'
Scientific name:
Viscum matabelense Engl.
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 542 (1908)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1908
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Viscum matabelense.