Amyema maidenii

Amyema maidenii
Amyema maidenii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Order:Santalales
Family:Loranthaceae
Genus:Amyema
Species: A. maidenii
Binomial name
Amyema maidenii
Collections data for A. maidenii from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium
A. maidenii on mulga (Acacia aneura)
A. maidenii: fruit

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]

Description

Its inflorescence is composed of two opposite triads, with the 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". 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". 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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