Amyema bifurcata is an epiphytic, flowering, hemiparasitic plant of the family Loranthaceae native to Australia and found in Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales.[5][6]
Description
Its inflorescence is an umbel of two or more pairs of flowers, which have rusty corollas covered with dense intertwined hairs.[5] The fruit is globular, and the bract enlarges under the fruit.[5] The leaves are flat.[5]
Ecology
Amyema bifurcata is found on some 22 Eucalypt species, five Angophora species, on Acacia acuminata and on Nitraria billardierei.[7]
Taxonomy
It was first described by Bentham in 1867 as Loranthus bifurcatus,[2][8] with its genus being changed to Amyema by Tieghem in 1894.[3]
References
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^ "Queensland Biota: Amyema bifurcata". Retrieved 1 August 2020.
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^ a b "Amyema bifurcata". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
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^ a b M. Ph. Van Tieghem (January 1894). "Sur Le Groupement Des Espèces En Genres Dans Les Loranthacées A Calice Dialysépale Et Anthéres Basifixes". Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (in French). 41 (6): 507. doi:10.1080/00378941.1894.10831632. ISSN 0037-8941. Wikidata Q54801450.
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^ Govaerts, R. et al. (2018) "Plants of the world online: Amyema bifurcata". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
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^ a b c d 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.
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^ "AVH: Amyema bifurcata (mapview), Australasian Virtual Herbarium". Retrieved 10 May 2018.
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^ Paul Owen Downey (1998). "An inventory of host species for each aerial mistletoe species (Loranthaceae and Viscaceae) in Australia" (PDF). Cunninghamia. 5 (3): 696. ISSN 0727-9620. Wikidata Q106567982.
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^ Bentham, G. 1867. Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 393
