Family: Loranthaceae
Amyema melaleucae
Citation:
Tieghem, Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 42:84 (1895).
Synonymy: Loranthus melaleucae Miq. in Lehm., Pl. Preiss. 1:281 (1845); L. pendulus Sieber ex Sprengel var. parviflorus Benth., Fl. Aust. 3:394 (1867), partly; L. pendulus Sieber ex Sprengel var. melaleucae (Miq.)Tate, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 3:68 (1880); A. leschenaultii Tieghem, Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 42:84 (1895); L. miraculosus Miq. var. melaleucae (Miq.)Blakely, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 48:135 (1923).
Common name: None
Description:
Glabrous; epicortical runners absent; leaf lamina lanceolate to narrow-spathulate, 20-45 mm long, 2-4 (rarely to 7) mm wide, gradually attenuate at the base and without a distinct petiole, rounded at the apex.
Inflorescence peduncle usually 6-12 mm long; rays usually 2, usually 4-9 mm long; pedicels of the lateral flowers angular, usually 3-4.5 mm long; bracts 1-1.5 mm long; calyx limb almost entire, c. 0.3 mm long; corolla inflated at the base, clavate, 16-22 mm long, 4- or 5-merous, red; anthers 1-2 mm long, about half the length of the free part of the filament.
Fruit nearly globular, 6-8 mm long.
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Image source: fig. 87c in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Distribution:
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In coastal situations, exclusively parasitic on Melaleuca.
S.Aust.: NU, FR, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, KI, SE. W.Aust.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: Nov. — April.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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Author:
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