Amyema maidenii

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

Amyema maidenii is a species of flowering plant within the genus Amyema , an epiphytic hemiparasitic plant of the family Loranthaceae native to Australia and found Australia-wide in the inland (but not in Victoria nor Tasmania). [3] [4]

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Description

Its inflorescence is composed of two opposite triads, with all the flowers being sessile. [3] The leaves are flat. [3]

Ecology

A. maidenii is found on Acacias . [3] [5]

Taxonomy

The earliest record in an Australian herbarium is MEL 22373491, [4] which was collected in 1860 by Hermann Beckler on the Scropes Range (about 57 km north of Menindee) during the Victorian Exploring expedition. [6] It was first described by Blakely in 1922 as Loranthus maidenii, [1] [7] but in 1962 was placed in the genus Amyema by Barlow. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "'Australian Plant Name Index (APNI): Amyema maidenii, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government" . Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 Barlow, B.A. (1962), "Studies in Australian Loranthaceae. I. Nomenclature and new additions", Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 87 (1): 57
  3. 1 2 3 4 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 10 May 2018.
  4. 1 2 "AVH: Amyema maidenii (mapview), Australasian Virtual Herbarium" . Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  5. ↑ Barlow, B.A. 1984. "Flora of Australia Online: Amyema maidenii, Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 22, a product of ABRS, ©Commonwealth of Australia". Archived from the original on 8 September 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  6. ↑ AVH: Occurrence record: MEL 2237349A Australasian Virtual Herbarium. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  7. ↑ 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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