Socratina

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Socratina
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Loranthaceae
Genus: Socratina
Balle

Socratina is genus of three showy mistletoe species in Madagascar. The genus was described by the Belgian botanist Simone Balle in Flora de Madagascar, [1] 1964, and was revised by Martin Callmander and co-workers [2] in 2014. It contains three species.

References

  1. Balle, S. (1964) Adansonia, sér. 2, vol. 4
  2. Callmander MW, Luino I, Da-Giau S, Rakotovao C & Gautier L (2014) Candollea 69: 65-73.