Lysiana murrayi

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Lysiana murrayi
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Loranthaceae
Genus: Lysiana
Species:
L. murrayi
Binomial name
Lysiana murrayi
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Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms [1]

Lysiana murrayi (or Mulga mistletoe) [3] is an erect or spreading hemi-parasitic shrub in the Loranthaceae (a mistletoe family) which occurs in all mainland states of Australia except Victoria. It has flat narrow leaves (which may sometimes be semi-terete with a channel on the upper surface). The leaves are 2.5–6 cm long, 1–3.5 mm wide, do not have a distinct petiole, and the venation is not visible. The inflorescence is a solitary flower or pair of flowers without a common peduncle. The pedicels are 8–20 mm long, and strongly winged towards the apex. The spreading, membranous bracts are 2–3 mm long, and rounded at the apex. The corolla of the mature bud is usually 18–28 mm long, and white, yellow or pink. The fruit is globose, 7–12 mm long, and pink or red. [4]

It occurs from the Ashburton River in Western Australia, to the Western Plains of New South Wales and Queensland, growing in arid and semi-arid woodland and nearly always on Acacias . [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 APNI: Lysiana murrayi. Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  2. van Tieghem, P.E.L. (1894) 'Sur le groupement des espèces en genres dans les Loranthacées a calice dialysépale et anthéres basifixes.' Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 41: 602, 603.
  3. (2013) NT Flora factsheet: Lysiana murrayi. Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  4. 1 2 Barlow, B.A. (1984) Flora of Australia online: Lysiana murrayi. Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 22 (1984), a product of ABRS, ©Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 30 September 2018

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