taxonID	type	description	language	source
FDA3845FD9485333911769FCFCA6AEDA.taxon	description	Figs 1, 2, 3, 4, Table 1	en	Simo-Droissart, Murielle, Lachenaud, Olivier, Libalah, Moses, Sonké, Bonaventure (2026): A new species of Phragmanthera (Loranthaceae) from the Sanaga River basin, Cameroon. Plant Ecology and Evolution 159 (1): 27-34, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.172526
FDA3845FD9485333911769FCFCA6AEDA.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Phragmanthera bidaultii has patent to reflexed corolla lobes, a style with a distinct neck under the stigma and stamen filaments without an apical tooth, in which characters it resembles P. leonensis (Sprague) Balle, P. nigritana (Hook. f. ex Benth.) Balle, and P. vignei Balle, but differs from all of them by the apex of the corolla lobes being thickened into a conical appendage (vs not appendaged) and its smaller anthers, 0.7 – 1.0 mm long (vs 1.5 – 3.5 mm) that are not septate (all its congeners have septate anthers). It is further separated from the first two species by its soon glabrescent lower leaf surface (vs persistently hairy), from the last two by its non-foliaceous bracts not or scarcely exceeding calyx (vs foliaceous and long exceeding it) and its corolla with hairs barbellate for most of their length (vs at their base only).	en	Simo-Droissart, Murielle, Lachenaud, Olivier, Libalah, Moses, Sonké, Bonaventure (2026): A new species of Phragmanthera (Loranthaceae) from the Sanaga River basin, Cameroon. Plant Ecology and Evolution 159 (1): 27-34, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.172526
FDA3845FD9485333911769FCFCA6AEDA.taxon	description	Description Hemi-parasitic shrub up to 2 m tall, with pendulous branches; twigs cylindrical, 1 – 3 mm thick, pubescent with rufous barbellate hairs, then glabrescent. Leaves opposite or alternate; petiole 3 – 11 mm long, pubescent like the twigs; lamina ovate to oblong, 1.7 – 7.8 × 0.7 – 3.1 cm, obtuse to rounded or slightly cordate at base, gradually acuminate or rarely obtuse at apex, coriaceous, initially with sparse rufous barbellate hairs but soon glabrescent on both sides, drying dark brown; secondary veins 3 – 8 pairs, weakly ascending and rather inconspicuous, arching well before the leaf margin. Flowers axillary, solitary or in fascicles of up to 6, subsessile or with pedicel ≤ 1 mm, densely and shortly pubescent with barbellate hairs. Bract triangular to ovate-oblong, 2.0 – 3.5 × 0.8 – 1.2 mm, densely pubescent outside with barbellate hairs, not or slightly exceeding calyx and not hiding it. Receptacle broadly urceolate, 1.0 × 1.3 mm, densely and shortly pubescent with hairs barbellate towards their base. Calyx annular, 0.3 – 0.7 mm long, pubescent like the receptacle, with minute triangular teeth. Corolla 5 - merous, olive green to yellow, pubescent externally with rufous hairs ≤ 0.7 mm long, barbellate for most of their length; apex of bud swollen, ovoid to ellipsoid, acute, not winged; corolla tube at anthesis 22 – 30 (– 35) mm long, laterally split to about mid-height, with a globose to ellipsoid basal swelling 2.5 – 5.0 × 1.5 – 2.5 mm and a strong constriction just above it; lobes patent to reflexed, narrowly clavate, 4.5 – 6.5 × 0.8 – 1.0 mm, thickened at apex into a conical horn 0.5 – 1.0 mm long, inside hardened and canaliculate with short simple tuberculate hairs towards their base. Stamens glabrous, filaments inrolled, ca 3 mm long, yellow, without apical teeth, anthers yellow to brownish, obovate-oblong, 0.7 – 1.0 mm long, with thecae often unequal, not septate, connective not appendaged. Style yellow-green, exserted, 29 – 36 mm long, narrowly 5 - winged, more or less papillose on the angles, gradually narrowing towards a 0.5 – 1.0 mm long apical neck and ending in a capitate stigma ca 0.3 mm in diameter. Fruits obovoid, 6 – 7 (– 10) × 3 – 4 mm when dry, green when immature, red to orange when mature, densely pubescent with hairs barbellate at base, subsessile, crowned with persistent calyx ca 1 mm long.	en	Simo-Droissart, Murielle, Lachenaud, Olivier, Libalah, Moses, Sonké, Bonaventure (2026): A new species of Phragmanthera (Loranthaceae) from the Sanaga River basin, Cameroon. Plant Ecology and Evolution 159 (1): 27-34, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.172526
FDA3845FD9485333911769FCFCA6AEDA.taxon	distribution	Distribution and ecology Phragmanthera bidaultii is, as far as known, endemic to the Sanaga River basin in central Cameroon (Fig. 4). This area is part of the Lower Guinea subcentre of endemism of the Guineo-Congolian Region (White 1979). The species occurs in riparian forest, sometimes on rock slabs, along the banks of the Sanaga River. It is usually parasitic on Hymenocardia ripicola J. Léonard (Phyllanthaceae) but has also sometimes been observed on other (unidentified) tree species.	en	Simo-Droissart, Murielle, Lachenaud, Olivier, Libalah, Moses, Sonké, Bonaventure (2026): A new species of Phragmanthera (Loranthaceae) from the Sanaga River basin, Cameroon. Plant Ecology and Evolution 159 (1): 27-34, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.172526
FDA3845FD9485333911769FCFCA6AEDA.taxon	etymology	Etymology The species is named after the French botanist Ehoarn Bidault, who is one of its collectors. Working for the Missouri Botanical Garden, he has greatly contributed to the botanical exploration of West and Central Africa in recent years.	en	Simo-Droissart, Murielle, Lachenaud, Olivier, Libalah, Moses, Sonké, Bonaventure (2026): A new species of Phragmanthera (Loranthaceae) from the Sanaga River basin, Cameroon. Plant Ecology and Evolution 159 (1): 27-34, DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.172526
