Amyema dolichopoda Barlow

Barlow, B.A. (1983) Brunonia 5: 209. Type: WA, 75 km. WNW of Wyndham, 20 March 1978, M. Lazarides 8694; Holo: CANB.

Aerial stem-parasitic shrub. Epicortical runners absent.

Leaf blades thick and leathery, about 4-5 x 1-1.2 cm, petioles about 0.1 cm long or absent. Leaf blades 3-5-veined.

Flowers borne in triads, central flower +/- sessile, lateral flowers on definite stalks. Triads in 2-rayed umbels, the rays about 5-7 mm long. Primary peduncle about 6-18 mm long. Calyx about 0.8 mm long, without any obvious lobes. Corolla about 20-23 mm long. Anthers about 1.5-2 mm long, staminal filament about 8 mm long. Ovary about 1-1.5 mm long, lower part white-tomentose. Style about 20 mm long. Stigma small, +/- globular.

Features not available.

Features not available.

Endemic to WA (confined to the Kimberly Region). Altitudinal range not known, one specimen collected close to sea level. Sometimes found on trees in monsoon forest.