Biology:Amyema maidenii
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Loranthaceae |
| Genus: | Amyema |
| Species: | A. maidenii
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| Collections data for A. maidenii from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium | |
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]
A. maidenii on mulga (Acacia aneura)
A. maidenii: fruit
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Description
Its inflorescence is composed of two opposite triads, with 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "'Australian Plant Name Index (APNI): Amyema maidenii, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government". https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/87288/api/apni-format. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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, https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35071960
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 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". http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/stddisplay.xsql?pnid=48296. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "AVH: Amyema maidenii (mapview), Australasian Virtual Herbarium". http://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Amyema+maidenii#tab_mapView. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ↑ 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". http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/stddisplay.xsql?pnid=48348. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ↑ AVH: Occurrence record: MEL 2237349A Australasian Virtual Herbarium. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ↑ Blakely, W.F. 1922. The Loranthaceae of Australia. Part iii. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 47(4): 393
Wikidata ☰ Q15379530 entry
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