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''Lysiana exocarpi'', commonly known as harlequin mistletoe, is a species of hemiparasitic shrub, endemic to Australia. It is in the Gondwanan family Loranthaceae and is probably the most derived genus of that family with 12 pairs of chromosomes.〔Barlow, B.A. (1984). Loranthaceae. In Flora of Australia and New Zealand. (Ed. A.S. George) Australian Government Publishing Service: Canberra. Vol 22, p.80.〕 The Loranthaceae is the most diverse family in the mistletoe group with over 900 species worldwide and including the best known species in Australia.〔Watson, D. (2011). ''Mistletoes of Southern Australia'',ISBN 9780643095939, CSIRO Publishing, p.9.〕 Mistletoes are notable for their relationships with other species. In an early reference to the group in Australia Allan Cunningham explorer and first Director〔Cunningham was appointed the King's Botanist in December 1816 on the recommendation of Sir Joseph Banks http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/welcome/quick_links/our_history〕 of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, wrote in 1817: "The Bastard Box〔An early epithet for hard wood eucalyptus. Early colonialists found it difficult to work with and hence a 'bastard' and similar to 'box' http://bastardboxwine.wordpress.com/about〕 is frequently much encumbered with the twining adhering ''Loranthus aurantiacus''〔http://plants.jstor.org/specimen/bm001015700?history=true〕 (box mistletoe) which 'Scorning the soil, aloft she springs, Shakes her red plumes and claps her golden wings'."〔Robinson,L.(1994). Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, 2nd Edition, Kangaroo Press, p.345.〕 == Description == Spreading to shrub, glabrous; no external runners. Leaves flat or compressed when very narrow, linear to narrow-oblong, sessile or the wider leaves shortly petiolate, 3–15 cm long, 1–10 mm wide, apex is usually rounded, base attenuate - contracted, venation is obscure; shortly petiolate. Inflorescence pedunculate usually a 2-flowered umbel; peduncle usually 0.5–2 mm in length; pedicels 2–5 mm long; bracts 1–1.5 mm long. Corolla 25–50 mm long,is usually red, rarely yellow, can also be tipped with green or black. Fruit ellipsoidal to ovoid, 6–10 mm long, red or black.〔NSW Flora on-line: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Lysiana~exocarpi〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lysiana exocarpi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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