Amyema nickrentii
Appearance
Amyema nickrentii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Santalales |
Family: | Loranthaceae |
Genus: | Amyema |
Species: | A. nickrentii
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Binomial name | |
Amyema nickrentii |
Amyema nickrentii is an epiphytic, flowering, hemiparasitic plant of the family Loranthaceae native to the Philippines.[1] It was found in coastal forest in the Aurora Province and "differs from all other described Amyema species in having a whorled leaf arrangement with mostly nine flat linear leaves per node".[2]
Taxonomy
It was first described by Julie Barcelona & Pieter Pelser in 2013.[1][2] The specific epithet, nickrentii, honours Daniel Lee Nickrent.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d Govaerts, R.; et al. (2018). "Plants of the world online: Amyema nickrentii". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
- ^ a b c d Pelser, Pieter B.; Barcelona, Julie F. (2013). "Discovery through photography: Amyema nickrentii, a new species of Loranthaceae from Aurora Province, Philippines". Phytotaxa. 125 (1): 47. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.125.1.7. ISSN 1179-3163.