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Amyema Cambagei
''Amyema cambagei'', commonly known as sheoak mistletoe, is a species of flowering plant, an Epiphyte, epiphytic Parasitic plant, hemiparasitic plant of the family Loranthaceae endemic to Australia, and found in New South Wales and Queensland in sclerophyll forest and woodland on several species of Casuarinaceae. Description This mistletoe is spreading to pendulous plant with grey hairy stems. Leaves are terete, usually 6–15 cm long and 1–1.5 mm. The flowers are 15-21mm long and are pink with white hairs. Flowers appear in winter to early summer (June to December). Fruits are globular, pink to red, 5–6 mm diam. Ecology ''A. cambagei'' is found on Casuarinaceae, ''Casuarina'' & ''Allocasuarina'' spp., mimicking the leaves of the host. Taxonomy ''A. cambagei'' was first described by William Faris Blakely, Blakely in 1922 as ''Loranthus cambagei'', but in 1929 was placed in the genus ''Amyema'' by Benedictus Hubertus Danser, Danser. References {{Taxon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australasian Virtual Herbarium
The ''Australasian Virtual Herbarium'' (AVH) is an online resource that allows access to plant specimen data held by various Australian and New Zealand herbaria. It is part of the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA), and was formed by the amalgamation of ''Australia's Virtual Herbarium'' and ''NZ Virtual Herbarium''. As of 12 August 2014, more than five million specimens of the 8 million and upwards specimens available from participating institutions have been databased. Uses This resource is used by academics, students, and anyone interested in research in botany in Australia or New Zealand, since each record tells all that is known about the specimen: where and when it was collected; by whom; its current identification together with the botanist who identified it; and information on habitat and associated species. ALA post processes the original herbarium data, giving further fields with respect to taxonomy and quality of the data. When interrogating individual specimen record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |