Barlow, B.A. (1962), Studies in Australian Loranthaceae. I. Nomenclature and new additions. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 87(1): 55 [comb. et stat. nov.]

basionym: Loranthus vitellinus var. glabrescens Blakely legitimate

Barlow, B.A. (1966), A revision of the Loranthaceae of Australia and New Zealand. Australian Journal of Botany 14(3): 489, Fig. 10 (map), 492 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Loranthus vitellinus var. glabrescens Blakely legitimate taxonomic synonym: Loranthus longiflorus var. savannorum Domin orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Loranthus longiflorus var. savannorus Domin legitimate

Barlow, B.A. (1971), Loranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 58: 32 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Loranthus vitellinus var. glabrescens Blakely legitimate taxonomic synonym: Loranthus longiflorus var. savannorum Domin orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Loranthus longiflorus var. savannorus Domin legitimate

Chippendale, G.M. (17 April 1972), Check List of Northern Territory Plants. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 96(4): 230 [secondary reference]

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 222 [secondary reference]

common name: Orange Mistletoe [n/a]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 142 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Loranthus vitellinus var. glabrescens Blakely legitimate

Barlow, B.A. (26 January 1983), Supplement to a revision of the Loranthaceae of Australia. Brunonia 5(2): 212 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Loranthus vitellinus var. glabrescens Blakely legitimate

Barlow, B.A. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Loranthaceae. Flora of Australia 22: 125-126, Fig. 31, Map 158 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Loranthus vitellinus var. glabrescens Blakely legitimate taxonomic synonym: Loranthus longiflorus var. savannorus Domin legitimate pro parte misapplication: Loranthus longiflorus Desr. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 390 misapplication: Dendrophthoe pelagica Barlow legitimate by Barlow, B.A. (1974), A revision of Loranthaceae of New Guinea and the south-western Pacific. Australian Journal of Botany 22(3): 609, figs 7i, 8 (map)

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld, NSW

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Loranthaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 78 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Loranthus vitellinus var. glabrescens Blakely legitimate taxonomic synonym: Loranthus longiflorus var. savannorus Domin legitimate

Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 67 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R. (1987), Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Technical Report: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory 26: 45 [secondary reference]

Williams, K.A.W. (1987), Native Plants of Queensland 3: 94 [secondary reference]

Quirico, A.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Loranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 54 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Loranthaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 578-579, Fig. 175E [secondary reference]

Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994), Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest: 306 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 198, Fig. 66 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 273 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Loranthus vitellinus var. glabrescens Blakely legitimate taxonomic synonym: Loranthus longiflorus var. savannorus Domin legitimate taxonomic synonym: Dendrophthoe pelagica Barlow legitimate

Moore, P. (2005), A guide to plants of inland Australia: 251 (photo, map) [secondary reference]

common name: Orange Mistletoe [n/a]

• Etymology: glabrescens: almost glabrous or becoming glabrous.

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Loranthus vitellinus var. glabrescens Blakely legitimate taxonomic synonym: Loranthus longiflorus var. savannorum Domin orth. var. taxonomic synonym: Loranthus longiflorus var. savannorus Domin legitimate pro parte misapplication: Loranthus longiflorus Desr. legitimate by Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 390 misapplication: Dendrophthoe pelagica Barlow legitimate by Barlow, B.A. (1974), A revision of Loranthaceae of New Guinea and the south-western Pacific. Australian Journal of Botany 22(3): 609, figs 7i, 8 (map)

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld, NSW

Start, A.N. & Thiele, K.R. (2023), Mistletoes of Western Australia: 107-108 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From the Latin for 'almost glabrous', in reference to the ovary which has only sparse hairs compared with related species."

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