Biology:Amyema biniflora

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Short description: Species of epiphyte

Amyema biniflora
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Amyema biniflora (artist: James F. Miller (artist), 1775)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Loranthaceae
Genus: Amyema
Species:
A. biniflora
Binomial name
Amyema biniflora
Barlow[1][2]
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Collections data for A. biniflora from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium

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]

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]

See also

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15378148 entry