Vasilis Teodoridis:
Viscaceae | Viscum
12. Viscum liquidambaricola Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 5: 194. 1915.
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Viscum articulatum var. liquidambaricola (Hayata) S. Rao; V. bongariense Hayata; V. querci-morii Hayata.
Shrubs monoecious; often ± erect; green or yellowish green; 30-70 cm tall. Branches opposite and decussate or dichotomous; internodes flattened; lowermost becoming terete; 2-4 cm x 4-6(-8) mm; longitudinally 5-7-ridged. Leaves reduced to pairs of ± scarious scales. Inflorescences axillary; cymes 1-3 together; peduncle ± absent; 3-flowered; central flower female; lateral flowers male; bracts 2; coalescent; forming a navicular involucre; 1.5-2 mm. Male flowers globose in bud; ca. 1 mm; anthers circular. Female flower ellipsoid in bud; 2-2.5 mm; bract cupular or absent; calyx ovoid; 1.5-2 mm; perianth lobes 4; triangular ca. 0.5 mm. Stigma nipple-shaped. Berry reddish and ellipsoid; sometimes yellow and ovoid; 5-7 x 4-5 mm; smooth; base rounded. Fl. and fr. Apr-Dec.
Forests; mountain slopes; 200-2500 m. Fujian; S Gansu; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hubei; Hunan; Jiangxi; S Shaanxi; Sichuan; Taiwan; Xizang; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Bhutan; India; Indonesia; Malaysia; Nepal; Sikkim; Thailand; Vietnam].