Amyema maidenii

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]

Amyema maidenii
Amyema maidenii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
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

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. "'Australian Plant Name Index (APNI): Amyema maidenii, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government". Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  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. 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. "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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