Biology:Amyema nickrentii

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Short description: Species of epiphyte

Amyema nickrentii
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Loranthaceae
Genus: Amyema
Species:
A. nickrentii
Binomial name
Amyema nickrentii
Barcelona & Pelser[1][2]

Amyema nickrentii is an epiphytic, flowering, hemiparasitic plant of the family Loranthaceae native to the Philippines .[1] It was found in coastal forest in the Aurora Province and "differs from all other described Amyema species in having a whorled leaf arrangement with mostly nine flat linear leaves per node".[2]

Taxonomy

It was first described by Julie Barcelona & Pieter Pelser in 2013.[1][2] The specific epithet, nickrentii, honours Daniel Lee Nickrent.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Govaerts, R. (2018). "Plants of the world online: Amyema nickrentii". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77132048-1. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Pelser, Pieter B.; Barcelona, Julie F. (2013). "Discovery through photography: Amyema nickrentii, a new species of Loranthaceae from Aurora Province, Philippines". Phytotaxa 125 (1): 47. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.125.1.7. ISSN 1179-3163. 

Wikidata ☰ Q18077153 entry