Amyema gibberula Danser

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Loranthaceae > Amyema

Characteristics

Plant erect or spreading; inflorescence axes and often whole plant densely white-tomentose; epicortical runners absent. Leaves terete, acute, 5-10 cm long, 1.5-2.5 mm diam. Inflorescence a pedunculate umbel of dyads; flowers pedicellate; peduncle 1-5 mm long; rays of umbel 2-3 (or reduced to 1, when the 'peduncle' appears jointed), 2-5 mm long; pedicels 1-3 mm long; central bracts (at apex of each ray) 1-1.5 mm long; lateral bracts orbicular, 3-4 mm long, concave. Calyx entire, 1 mm long. Corolla in mature bud robust, 25-45 mm long, 4-merous, clavate, with long white tomentum. Anthers 2-5 mm long, almost sessile. Fruit almost globose, c. 8 mm long.
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A shrub that grows attached to trees. It partly grows living on the stems. It has a white covering. The flowers are green, red or pink. It grows on Hakea and Grevillea.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support parasite
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Found in arid communities on several species of Hakea and Grevillea .
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It grows in subtropical places. It can grow in arid places.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Edible fruits
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Images

Amyema gibberula unspecified picture

Distribution

Amyema gibberula world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:547718-1
WFO ID wfo-0000532355
COL ID D8XN
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Loranthus gibberulus Tapinostemma gibberulum Amyema gibberula Amyema gibberulosa

Lower taxons

Amyema gibberula var. tatei