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Agelanthus atrocoronatus is a species of hemiparasitic plant in the family Loranthaceae. It is endemic to Tanzania.[3][1] It is known only from the Mufindi Plateau in Tanzania, and was last collected in the 1980s.[1]

Agelanthus atrocoronatus
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Santalales
Family:	Loranthaceae
Genus:	Agelanthus
Species:	A. atrocoronatus
Binomial name
Agelanthus atrocoronatus Polhill & Wiens[2]

Habitat/ecology

A. atrocoronatus is parasitic on various hosts including Vitaceae (the wine-grape family), is bird pollinated, and found in grassland and at the edges of montane forest.[1]

Threats & conservation efforts

The major threats to this species are from urban expansion, and from the exploitation of the trees which host it.[1] Conservation efforts center on local tea estates which currently afford protection to the forests remaining within them.[1]

References

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