Family: Loranthaceae
Muellerina
Citation:
Tieghem, Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 42:25 (1895).
Derivation: After Ferdinand Mueller, 1825-1896, an Australian botanist.
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: None
Description:
Glabrous; haustorial attachments produced from epicortical runners; leaves flat, curvinerved or penninerved.
Inflorescence terminal, consisting of a raceme of 1-6 decussate pairs of pedunculate triads or single flowers, each triad with the central flower sessile and the lateral flowers pedicellate; bracts single under each flower; corolla 5-merous, choripetalous, curved in bud; stamens unequal; anthers oblong, 2-locular at maturity, dorsifixed, versatile; style articulate at the base.
Fruit pear-shaped.
Distribution:
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4 species endemic to eastern Australia.
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Biology:
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Author:
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