Amyema fitzgeraldii

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Amyema fitzgeraldii
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Amyema fitzgeraldii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Loranthaceae
Genus: Amyema
Species:
A. fitzgeraldii
Binomial name
Amyema fitzgeraldii
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Collections data for A. fitzgeraldii from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium

Amyema fitzgeraldii, the pincushion mistletoe, [3] is a species of flowering plant within the genus Amyema , an epiphytic hemiparasitic plant of the family Loranthaceae endemic to Australia, and found in the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia. [4]

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Description

The leaves are flat. [5] The inflorescence is a single group of 3-5 green and red flowers. [5] [3] The central flower has no bracts, unlike the surrounding flowers. [5] It flowers from April to October. [3]

Ecology

A. fitzgeraldii is only found on Acacias. [3]

Taxonomy

A. fitzgeraldii was first described by Blakely in 1922 as Loranthus fitzgeraldii, [6] but in 1929 was placed in the genus Amyema by Danser. [1] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "'Australian Plant Name Index (APNI): Amyema fitzgeraldii, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government" . Retrieved 11 May 2018.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. 1 2 Danser, B.H. 1929. On the taxonomy and nomenclature of the Loranthaceae of Asia and Australia. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg ser. 3, 10(3): 295
  3. 1 2 3 4 "floraBase: Ameyma fitzgeraldii, Western Australian Herbarium, Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions" . Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "AVH: Amyema fitzgeraldii (mapview), Australasian Virtual Herbarium" . Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 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". Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  6. ↑ Blakely, W.F. 1922. The Loranthaceae of Australia. Part iii. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 47(4): 393
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