Amyema maidenii is a species of flowering plant within the genus Amyema, an epiphytic hemiparasitic plant of the family Loranthaceae native to Australia and found Australia-wide in the inland (but not in Victoria nor Tasmania).[3][4]
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A. maidenii on mulga (Acacia aneura) -
A. maidenii: fruit
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Loranthaceae |
| Genus: | Amyema |
| Species: | A. maidenii
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| Collections data for A. maidenii from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium | |
Description
editIts inflorescence is composed of two opposite triads, with all the flowers being sessile.[3] The leaves are flat.[3]
Ecology
editTaxonomy
editThe earliest record in an Australian herbarium is MEL 22373491,[4] which was collected in 1860 by Hermann Beckler on the Scropes Range (about 57 km north of Menindee) during the Victorian Exploring expedition.[6] It was first described by Blakely in 1922 as Loranthus maidenii,[1][7] but in 1962 was placed in the genus Amyema by Barlow.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "'Australian Plant Name Index (APNI): Amyema maidenii, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government". Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ a b Barlow, B.A. (1962), "Studies in Australian Loranthaceae. I. Nomenclature and new additions", Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 87 (1): 57
- ^ 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". Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ a b "AVH: Amyema maidenii (mapview), Australasian Virtual Herbarium". Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ Barlow, B.A. 1984. "Flora of Australia Online: Amyema maidenii, Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 22, a product of ABRS, ©Commonwealth of Australia". Archived from the original on 8 September 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ AVH: Occurrence record: MEL 2237349A Australasian Virtual Herbarium. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ Blakely, W.F. 1922. The Loranthaceae of Australia. Part iii. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 47(4): 393