Amyema biniflora

Amyema biniflora, the twin-flower mistletoe,[3] is a species of flowering plant within the genus Amyema, an epiphytic hemiparasitic plant of the family Loranthaceae endemic to Queensland, Australia.[4]

Amyema biniflora
Amyema biniflora (artist: James F. Miller (artist), 1775)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Loranthaceae
Genus: Amyema
Species:
A. biniflora
Binomial name
Amyema biniflora
Collections data for A. biniflora from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium

Type species

Type: Endeavour R., Banks & Solander, 1770 (BM, holotype; MEL; NSW).[5]

Description

A. biniflora is a pendulous mistletoe, with flat[6] leaves up 15 cm long and 1 cm wide.[3] Its inflorescence is an umbel of two or dyads (flowering in groups of two).[6] The corolla is smooth and slender and green at maturity.[6] The fruit is ovoid and the flower bract does not enlarge as the fruit matures.[6] The buds and fruit are smooth.[3]

Ecology

A. biniflora is found on bloodwoods and spotted gums[3] (eucalypts).[6]

Taxonomy

A. biniflora was first described by Barlow in 1966.[1][2]

References
  1. "'Australian Plant Name Index (APNI): Amyema biniflora, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government". Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  2. Barlow, B.A. 1966. A revision of the Loranthaceae of Australia and New Zealand. Australian Journal of Botany 14(3): 459-461, Fig. 6 (map)
  3. Moss, J.T. & Kendall, R. 2016. The mistletoes of subtropical Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria,Butterfly & Other Invertebrates Club
  4. "AVH: Amyema biniflora (mapview), Australasian Virtual Herbarium". Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  5. "'Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) Usage of name: Amyema biniflora, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government". Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  6. 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 11 May 2018.
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