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.

Socratina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Loranthaceae
Genus: Socratina
Balle

References edit

  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.