Amylotheca

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Amylotheca
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Amylotheca dictyophleba on Camphor Laurel, Kedron, QLD
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Amylotheca dictyophleba , Lamington National Park, QLD
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Loranthaceae
Genus: Amylotheca
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Occurrence data from AVH

Amylotheca is a genus of hemi-parasitic aerial shrubs in the family Loranthaceae, [1] [3] found in Borneo, Malaysia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Australia (in New South Wales and Queensland), Sumatra, Thailand, Vanuatu, [4] and Philippines [5]

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Description

The genus Amylotheca is distinguished from other Australian Loranthaceae genera by having [6]

Species

Accepted species according to Plants of the world online

Reference: [4]

Recent Publication

Ecology

An inventory of host plants for Amylotheca spp. is given by Downey [7] [8]

Taxonomy

Amylotheca is a member of the family Loranthaceae within the mistletoe order, Santalales. The name Amylotheca was first published by Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem in 1895, [2] [1]

Etymology

The genus name, Amylotheca, derives from the Latin, amylum (starch), and theca (case), and refers to the starch cells in the locules of the ovary. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Amylotheca". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. 1 2 van Tieghem, P. E. L. (1894) "Sur les Loxanthera, Amylotheca et Treubella, Trois Genres Nouveaux pour la Tribu des Élytranthées dans la Famille des Loranthacées." Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 41: 261 PDF Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 41(4): 257-269 doi:10.1080/00378941.1894.10831597
  3. Quirico, A.L. "Genus Amylotheca". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  4. 1 2 Govaerts, R. et al. (2017) Plants of the world online: Amylotheca. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  5. 1 2 Tandang, Danilo N.; Galindon, John Michael M.; Lagunday, Noel E.; Coritico, Fulgent P.; Amoroso, Victor B.; Robinson, Alastair S. (2021-06-04). "Amylotheca cleofei sp. nov. (Loranthaceae), a new species and genus record for the Philippines". Phytotaxa. 507 (1): 113–120. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.507.1.7. ISSN   1179-3163.
  6. "Loranthaceae". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
  7. Downey, P.O. (1998) An inventory of host species for each aerial mistletoe species (Loranthaceae and Viscaceae) in Australia. (Cunninghamia 5(3) 685-720)
  8. Downey, P.O. (2004) A regional examination of the mistletoe host species inventory. (Cunninghamia 8(3) 354-361)
  9. "Amylotheca". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.