Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition

Amyema villiflora subsp. tomentilla (Blakely) Barlow


Mistletoe
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Family

Barlow, B.A. (1966) Australian Journal Botany 14: 486.

Stem

Aerial stem-parasitic shrub. Epicortical runners absent.

Leaves

Leaf blades about 2-10 x 1-4.3 cm, petioles about 0.5-1 cm long. Leaf blades 3-5-veined but venation not always obvious.

Flowers

Flowers borne in triads, the central flower sessile, the lateral flowers pedicellate. Triads in 2-rayed umbels. Rays of umbels about 1-3 mm long. Primary peduncle about 5-14 mm long. Calyx and corolla clothed in cream to reddish brown hairs. Calyx about 1 mm long, without lobes or irregularly lobed. Corolla about 17-30 mm long. Anthers about 1-2 mm long, staminal filaments about 5-9 mm long. Ovary about 2 mm long without any obvious locules or ovules. Style about 20-23 mm long. Stigma small, globular, terminal.

Fruit

Features not available.

Seedlings

Features not available.

Distribution and Ecology

Endemic to Australia. Occurs in NT, CYP and NEQ. Altitudinal range from near sea level to 1100 m. Parasitic on a variety of rain forest and monsoon forest plants.

Synonyms
Loranthus betchei var. tomentillus Blakely, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 47: 393(1922), Type: Queensland, Sweers Island, Gulf of Carpentaria, June 1901, F. M. Bailey s. n.; Holo: NSW.
RFK Code
6012
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