Amyema sanguinea | |
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Amyema sanguinea | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Santalales |
Family: | Loranthaceae |
Genus: | Amyema |
Species: | A. sanguinea
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Binomial name | |
Amyema sanguinea | |
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Collections data for A. sanguinea from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium | |
Synonyms | |
Treubella muelleriana
Tiegh. |
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]
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]
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]
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]
Amyema sanguinea | |
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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
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Binomial name | |
Amyema sanguinea | |
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Collections data for A. sanguinea from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium | |
Synonyms | |
Treubella muelleriana
Tiegh. |
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]
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]
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]
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]