Amyema bifurcata
| Amyema bifurcata | |
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| Amyema bifurcata, Burning Mountain, New South Wales | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Loranthaceae |
| Genus: | Amyema |
| Species: | A. bifurcata
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| Binomial name | |
| Amyema bifurcata | |
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| Collections data for A. bifurcata from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium | |
| Synonyms[4] | |
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Amyema ferruginiflora (W.Fitzg.) Danser | |
Amyema bifurcata is an epiphytic, flowering, hemiparasitic plant of the family Loranthaceae native to Australia and found in Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales.[5][6]
Description
Its inflorescence is an umbel of two or more pairs of flowers, which have rusty corollas covered with dense intertwined hairs.[5] The fruit is globular, and the bract enlarges under the fruit.[5] The leaves are flat.[5]
Ecology
Amyema bifurcata is found on some 22 Eucalypt species, five Angophora species, on Acacia acuminata and on Nitraria billardierei.[7]
Taxonomy
It was first described by Bentham in 1867 as Loranthus bifurcatus,[2][8] with its genus being changed to Amyema by Tieghem in 1894.[3]
References
- ^ "Queensland Biota: Amyema bifurcata". Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ^ a b "Amyema bifurcata". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ a b van Tieghem, P.E.L. 1894. Sur le groupement des espèces en genres dans les Loranthacées à calice dialysépale et anthéres basifixes. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 41: 507 doi:10.1080/00378941.1894.10831632 PDF.
- ^ Govaerts, R. et al. (2018) "Plants of the world online: Amyema bifurcata". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ a b c d Barlow, B.A. 1984. "Flora of Australia Online: key to Amyema, Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 22, a product of ABRS, ©Commonwealth of Australia". Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "AVH: Amyema bifurcata (mapview), Australasian Virtual Herbarium". Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ Downey, P.O. (1998) An inventory of host species for each aerial mistletoe species (Loranthaceae and Viscaceae) in Australia. Cunninghamia 5, 685-720. (p.696)
- ^ Bentham, G. 1867. Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 393