Amyema
Encyclopedia
Amyema is a genus
of semi-parasitic shrubs
(mistletoe
s) which occur in Malesia
and Australia
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of semi-parasitic shrubs
Parasitic plant
A parasitic plant is one that derives some or all of its sustenance from another plant. About 4,100 species in approximately 19 families of flowering plants are known. Parasitic plants have a modified root, the haustorium, that penetrates the host plant and connects to the xylem, phloem, or...
(mistletoe
Mistletoe
Mistletoe is the common name for obligate hemi-parasitic plants in several families in the order Santalales. The plants in question grow attached to and within the branches of a tree or shrub.-Mistletoe in the genus Viscum:...
s) which occur in Malesia
Malesia
Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the boundaries of the Indomalaya ecozone and Australasia ecozone, and also a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom.-Floristic province:...
and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
Species
There are approximately 90 species including the following:- Amyema artensis (Mont.) Dan. (indigenous to UpoluUpoluUpolu is an island in Samoa, formed by a massive basaltic shield volcano which rises from the seafloor of the western Pacific Ocean. The island is long, in area, and is the second largest in geographic area as well as the most populated of the Samoan Islands. Upolu is situated to the east of...
& Savai'iSavai'iSavaii is the largest and highest island in Samoa and the Samoa Islands chain. It is also the biggest landmass in Polynesia outside Hawaii and New Zealand. The island of Savai'i is also referred to by Samoans as Salafai, a classical Samoan term used in oratory and prose...
, known as Tapuna.) - Amyema benthamii (Blakely) Danser
- Amyema betchei (Blakely) Danser
- Amyema bifurcata (Benth.) Tiegh.
- Amyema biniflora Barlow
- Amyema brassii Barlow
- Amyema brevipes (Tiegh.) Danser
- Amyema cambagei (Blakely) Danser
- Amyema congenerAmyema congenerAmyema congener, commonly known as the Variable mistletoe, is a species of flowering plant, an epiphytic hemiparasitic plant of the family Loranthaceae from eastern Australia...
(Sieber ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Tiegh. - Amyema conspicua (F.M.Bailey) Danser
- Amyema dolichopoda Barlow
- Amyema duurenii Barlow
- Amyema eburna (Barlow) Barlow
- Amyema fitzgeraldii (Blakely) Danser - Pincushion Mistletoe
- Amyema gaudichaudii (DC.) Tiegh.
- Amyema gibberula (Tate) Danser
- Amyema glabra ((Domin) Danser
- Amyema haematodes (O.Schwarz) Danser
- Amyema herbertiana Barlow
- Amyema hilliana (Blakely) Danser
- Amyema linophylla (Fenzl) Tiegh.
- Amyema lucasii (Blakely) Danser
- Amyema mackayensis ((Blakely) Danser
- Amyema maidenii (Blakely) Barlow
- Amyema melaleucae (Lehm. ex Miq.) Tiegh.
- Amyema microphylla Barlow
- Amyema miqueliiAmyema miqueliiAmyema miquelli is a species of flowering plant, an epiphytic hemiparasitic plant of the family Loranthaceae, found attached to several species of Australian eucalypt...
(Lehm. ex Miq.) Tiegh. - Stalked Mistletoe - Amyema miraculosa (Miq.) Tiegh.
- Amyema nestor (S.Moore) Danser
- Amyema pendula (Sieber ex Spreng.) Tiegh. - Drooping Mistletoe
- Amyema preissii (Miq.) Tiegh. - Wireleaf Mistletoe
- Amyema quandangAmyema quandangAmyema quandang is a species of hemi-parasitic shrub which is widespread throughout the mainland of Australia, especially arid inland regions, sometimes referred to as the grey mistletoe.-Description:...
(Lindl.) Tiegh. - Amyema quaternifolia Barlow
- Amyema queenslandica (Blakely) Danser
- Amyema sanguinea (F.Muell.) Danser
- Amyema seemeniana (K.Schum.) Danser
- Amyema subcapitata Barlow
- Amyema tetraflora (Barlow) Barlow
- Amyema tetrapetala (Danser) Barlow
- Amyema thalassia Barlow
- Amyema tridactyla Barlow
- Amyema tristis (Zoll.) Tiegh.
- Amyema verticillata ((Merr.) Danser
- Amyema villiflora (Domin) Barlow
- Amyema whitei (Blakely) Danser