Amyema sanguinea
Amyema sanguinea is an aerial hemiparasitic shrub within the genus Amyema, in the family Loranthaceae[4][5] and native to Australia, where it is found in New South Wales, Queensland, the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia.[6]
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| Amyema sanguinea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Loranthaceae |
| Genus: | Amyema |
| Species: | A. sanguinea |
| Binomial name | |
| Amyema sanguinea | |
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| Collections data for A. sanguinea from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium | |
| Synonyms | |
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Treubella muelleriana Tiegh. | |
Description
Its leaves are flat and opposite (sometimes appearing alternate).[7] Its inflorescence is a simple umbel with 3-6 flowers, on a stem.[7] Flowering from January to December, its erect flowers[8] shade from pinky-red to an orange-red.[5] The yellow stamens do not project beyond the corolla.[8] The mature buds have six ribs.[8]
Ecology
A. sanguinea is usually found on eucalypts, but is sometimes found on Melaleucas or Acacias.[5] Downey's list of hosts gives 33 eucalyptus hosts.[9] It is used by at least seven species of moths and butterflies (Delias argenthona, Candalides margarita gilberti, Hippochrysops digglesii, Ogyris amaryllis meridionalis, Ogyris iphis doddi, Ogyris zosine and Comocrus behri).[8]
Taxonomy
A. sanguinea was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller as Loranthus sanguineus in 1859.[10] Danser, in 1929, allocated the species to the genus, Amyema in 1929.[2]
References
- "Australian Plant Name Index (APNI): Ammyema sanguinea (Muell.) Danser". Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- Danser, B.H. 1929. On the taxonomy and nomenclature of the Loranthaceae of Asia and Australia. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg ser. 3, 10(3): 298
- World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World
- Roskov, Y., Kunze, T., Orrell, T., Abucay, L., Paglinawan, L., Culham, A., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon, G., Decock, W., Wever, A., Didžiulis, V. (ed) 2014. "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalog of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- "FloraBase: Amyema sanguinea". Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- "AVH: Amyema sanguinea (mapview), Australasian Virtual Herbarium". Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- 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 11 May 2018.
- Moss, J.T. & Kendall, R. 2016. The mistletoes of subtropical Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria,Butterfly & Other Invertebrates Club
- Downey, PO 1998. "An inventory of host species for each aerial mistletoe species (Loranthaceae and Viscaceae) in Australia. Cunninghamia 5, 685-720".
- von Mueller, F.J.H. 1859. Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1(7): 177