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Amyema Tiegh.

Genus

Angiosperms > Santalales > Loranthaceae

Characteristics

Aerial stem-parasitic shrubs, with or without epicortical runners bearing secondary haustoria. Leaves opposite or verticillate, sometimes displaced and appearing alternate; venation pinnate or curvinerved. Inflorescencess usually axillary, sometimes borne on internodes and/or epicortical runners, basically a pedunculate umbel of dichasia (triads or tetrads), but variously reduced in some species, to a head or simple umbel or solitary flower; rays of the umbel 1-50; bract usually single under each flower, simple or rarely lobed or with a dorsal protuberance. Corolla mostly 4-to 6-merous, mostly choripetal-ous but sometimes with petals coherent into a short tube. Anthers basifixed, immobile. Style simple, usually with a knob-like stigma. Fruit ellipsoid to ovoid or obovoid. Fig. 3. Fig. 4. Fig. 5. Fig. 6. Fig. 7. Fig. 8. Fig. 9.
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Aerial stem-parasitic shrubs, erect to pendulous; epicortical runners present or absent. Leaves usually opposite, rarely displaced-opposite or verticillate, entire, usually curvinerved in Australian spp. Inflorescence axillary, basically a pedunculate umbel of triads but variously reduced in some species, especially to a simple umbel or a head; rays of umbel 2 to several, usually strongly divergent; bract usually 1 under each flower. Petals usually 4-6, free in Australian spp. Anthers basifixed, immobile, 2-or 4-locular.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Amyema world distribution map, present in Australia, Philippines, and Papua New Guinea

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:25148-1
WFO ID wfo-4000001767
COL ID 62C69
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 672357
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Synonyms

Neophylum Rhizomonanthes Stemmatophyllum Amyema Dicymanthes Rhizanthemum Xylochlamys

Lower taxons

Amyema apoensis Amyema arthrocaulis Amyema bifurcata Amyema biniflora Amyema brassii Amyema cambagei Amyema corniculata Amyema hexameres Amyema hexantha Amyema lucasii Amyema melaleucae Amyema polillensis Amyema quaternifolia Amyema queenslandica Amyema rhytidoderma Amyema rigidiflora Amyema sanguinea Amyema scheffleroides Amyema seriata Amyema wenzelii Amyema whitei Amyema wichmannii Amyema canaliculatum Amyema cauliflora Amyema celebica Amyema cercidioides Amyema cuernosensis Amyema eburna Amyema edanoi Amyema enneantha Amyema friesiana Amyema glabra Amyema irrubescens Amyema longipes Amyema maidenii Amyema strongylophylla Amyema subcapitata Amyema tetrapetalum Amyema tristis Amyema urdanetensis Amyema artensis Amyema beccarii Amyema benguetensis Amyema benthamii Amyema caudiciflora Amyema conspicua Amyema curranii Amyema fasciculata Amyema finisterrae Amyema dilatipes Amyema dolichopoda Amyema fitzgeraldii Amyema gaudichaudii Amyema gibberula Amyema haematodes Amyema haenkeana Amyema halconensis Amyema hastifolia Amyema incarnatiflora Amyema linophylla Amyema luzonensis Amyema gravis Amyema herbertiana Amyema hilliana Amyema kebarensis Amyema mackayensis Amyema microphylla Amyema nestor Amyema novae-brittaniae Amyema pachypus Amyema pendula Amyema plicatula Amyema miquelii Amyema miraculosa Amyema preissii Amyema seemeniana Amyema verticillata Amyema villiflora Amyema tridactylum Amyema umbellata Amyema vernicosa Amyema nickrentii Amyema acuta Amyema quandang Amyema squarrosa Amyema polytrias Amyema pyriformis Amyema tetraflorum Amyema thalassium Amyema triantha Amyema congener Amyema scandens
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