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Muellerina (plant)
''Muellerina'' is a genus of parasitic arial shrubs in the family Loranthaceae. This Loranthaceae genus is distinguished from others by havingBarlow, B.A. (1984) "Loranthaceae" in Flora of Australia Volume 22 Rhizophorales to Celastrales (p.70). Commonwealth of Australia *Petals free to base or almost so *Anthers dorsifixed, versatile *Aerial stem-parasitic shrubs with epicortical runners *Petals 5, curved; stamens unequal Species include: *'' Muellerina bidwillii'' (Benth.) Barlow *'' Muellerina celastroides'' (Sieber ex Schult. & Schult.f) Tiegh. *'' Muellerina eucalyptoides'' (DC.) Barlow *'' Muellerina flexialabastra'' Downey & C.A.Wilson *'' Muellerina myrtifolia'' (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Barlow Ecology The larvae of the Australian butterflies '' Delias harpalyce'' and ''Ogyris genoveva'' feed on ''Muellerina''. An inventory of host plants for ''Muellerina'' spp. is given by Downey Taxonomy ''Muellerina'' is a member of Santalales, the mistletoe order, and is pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eucalyptus Haemastoma
''Eucalyptus haemastoma'', commonly known as scribbly gum, is a species of tree that is endemic to the Sydney region. It has white or silvery grey bark, lance-shaped or curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of between nine and fifteen, white flowers and conical or hemispherical fruit. It is one of three eucalypts with prominent insect scribbles in the bark. Description ''Eucalyptus haemastoma'' is a tree that typically grows to a height of and forms a lignotuber. It has smooth white, silvery grey or yellow bark with insect scribbles. Young plants and coppice regrowth have elliptical to oblong or egg-shaped leaves that are long and wide. Adult leaves are lance-shaped or curved, the same shade of green on both sides, long and wide on a petiole long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils in groups of between nine and fifteen on an unbranched peduncle long, the individual buds on pedicels long. Mature buds are oval, long and wide with a conical to rounded oper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park is a national park on the northern side of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. The park is north of the Sydney central business district and generally comprises the land east of the M1 Pacific Motorway, south of the Hawkesbury River, west of Pittwater and north of Mona Vale Road. It includes Barrenjoey Headland on the eastern side of Pittwater. Ku-ring-gai Chase is a popular tourist destination, known for its scenic setting on the Hawkesbury River and Pittwater, significant plant and animal communities, Aboriginal sites and European historic places. Picnic, boating, and fishing facilities can be found throughout the park. There are many walking tracks in Ku-ring-gai Chase. The villages of Cottage Point, Appletree Bay, Elvina Bay, Lovett Bay, Coasters Retreat, Great Mackerel Beach and Bobbin Head are located within the park boundaries. The park was declared in 1894, and is the third oldest national park in Australia. The park is managed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loranthaceae
Loranthaceae, commonly known as the showy mistletoes, is a family of flowering plants. It consists of about 75 genera and 1,000 species of woody plants, many of them hemiparasites. The three terrestrial species are ''Nuytsia floribunda'' (the Western Australian Christmas tree), ''Atkinsonia ligustrina'' (from the Blue Mountains of Australia), and '' Gaiadendron punctatum'' (from Central/South America.) Loranthaceae are primarily xylem parasites, but their haustoria may sometimes tap the phloem, while '' Tristerix aphyllus'' is almost holoparasitic. For a more complete description of the Australian Loranthaceae, seFlora of Australia online, for the Malesian Loranthaceae seFlora of Malesia Originally, Loranthaceae contained all mistletoe species, but the mistletoes of Europe and North America (''Viscum'', ''Arceuthobium'', and ''Phoradendron'') belong to the family Santalaceae. The APG II system 2003 assigns the family to the order Santalales in the clade core eudicots. Phylog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Plant Name Index
The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is an online database of all published names of Australian vascular plants. It covers all names, whether current names, synonyms or invalid names. It includes bibliographic and typification details, information from the Australian Plant Census including distribution by state, links to other resources such as specimen collection maps and plant photographs, and the facility for notes and comments on other aspects. History Originally the brainchild of Nancy Tyson Burbidge, it began as a four-volume printed work consisting of 3,055 pages, and containing over 60,000 plant names. Compiled by Arthur Chapman, it was part of the Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS). In 1991 it was made available as an online database, and handed over to the Australian National Botanic Gardens. Two years later, responsibility for its maintenance was given to the newly formed Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research. Scope Recognised by Australian herbaria as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muellerina Bidwillii
''Muellerina bidwillii'', common name Cypress-pine mistletoe, is a hemiparasitic arial shrub in the family Loranthaceae. The species is endemic to New South Wales and Queensland. Description ''M. bidwillii'' is an erect to spreading plant, the branches and leaves of which are smooth (or having a few scattered hairs on the inflorescence axes). The leaves are linear to oblanceolate and rounded at the tip. The leaf blade is from 1.5 to 3 cm long and 1.5 to 3 mm wide, with obscure venation and an obscure petiole. The inflorescence a 2-flowered simple umbel on a peduncle which is from 3 to 6 mm long. The corolla in the mature bud is 20–27 mm long, and the flower has anthers 1–1.5 mm long, with the free part of filament being 8–10 mm long. The pink or red fruit is pear-shaped to spherical and from 6 to 8 mm long. Ecology The main hosts on which ''M. bidwillii'' grows are ''Callitris'' species, in particular ''Callitris glaucophylla''. An i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muellerina Celastroides
''Muellerina celastroides'', common names Banksia mistletoe and coast mistletoe, is a hemiparasitic arial shrub in the family Loranthaceae. The species is endemic to New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland. Description ''Muellerina celastroides'' is an erect or spreading plant which is smooth except for the inflorescence axis which is covered with minute, brown, densely matted woolly hairs. The leaves are oblong to elliptic and 2.5-7 cm long and 15-25 mm wide, with a rounded apex and an attenuate base. The inflorescence is a raceme of 1–3 pairs of triads, with the stems of lateral flowers being 3–6 mm long. The calyx is entire and about 1 mm long. The corolla in mature bud is 22–35 mm long. The anthers are about 1.5 mm long, with the free part of filament being 8–13 mm long. The fruit is pear-shaped, 7–11 mm long, and green grading to light red. Ecology The most frequently recorded hosts on which ''M. celastroides'' grows are ''Allocasuarina'', '' Banksia'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muellerina Eucalyptoides
''Muellerina eucalyptoides'', commonly known as creeping mistletoe, is a hemiparasitic aerial shrub in the family Loranthaceae. The species is endemic to Australia. Taxonomy '' Muellerina'' is a member of Santalales, the mistletoe order, placed within the family Loranthaceae. The name ''Muellerina'' was first published by Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem in 1895, where one New Zealand species, ''Muellerina raoullii'', and two Australian species (''Muellerina celastroides'' and ''M. eucalyptifolia'' - now ''M. eucalyptoides'') are given. Further Australian ''Muellerina'' species are listed in van Tieghem. Another article by van Tieghem further discussing the relationships of Loranthaceae genera is van Tieghem. ''Muellerina eucalyptoides'' was first described as ''Loranthus eucalyptoides'' by de Candolle in 1830, and revised in 1962 to ''Muellerina eucalyptoides'' by Barlow Description ''M. eucalyptoides'' is pendulous in habit, unlike other ''Muellerina'' species, but ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muellerina Flexialabastra
''Muellerina flexialabastra'', common name Hoop pine mistletoe, is a hemiparasitic aerial shrub in the family Loranthaceae Loranthaceae, commonly known as the showy mistletoes, is a family of flowering plants. It consists of about 75 genera and 1,000 species of woody plants, many of them hemiparasites. The three terrestrial species are ''Nuytsia floribunda'' (the W .... The species is endemic to Queensland. Description ''M. flexialabastra'' is a compact, bushy plant found in high altitude sub-tropical rainforests and the drier rainforests between Queensland and New South Wales. The inflorescence is a terminal raceme off a central axis, and the pink to red tubular flowers occur in strongly reflexed, decussate pairs with a central sessile flower. The ovoid fruits (6 – 15 mm long) are a red-blotched yellowish-green. Ecology The main host on which ''M. flexialabastra'' grows is Hoop pine ('' Araucaria cunninghamii''). An inventory of host plants for ''Muellerina fle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muellerina Myrtifolia
''Muellerina myrtifolia'', common name myrtle-leaved mistletoe, is a hemiparasitic aerial shrub in the family Loranthaceae. The species is endemic to New South Wales and Queensland. Description ''M. myrtifolia'' is a rainforest mistletoe with small ovate, sessile leaves with a shiny upper surface and a dull lower surface, and measuring 15–20 mm long. New growth is russet-coloured. The inflorescence is a paired umbel which hangs from the foliage on long stalks, with each flower being a long red and yellow or red and white tube with dark, projecting stamens. The oval shaped fruit are a dull green which ripens to a brownish-red, and have a prominent flower-scars. Ecology The main hosts on which ''M. myrtifolia'' grows are vines, in particular, Wonga vine (''Pandorea pandorana''), '' Jasminum'' species, and ''Parsonsia ''Parsonsia'' is a genus of woody vines in the family Apocynaceae. Species occur throughout Indomalaya, Australasia and Melanesia. Description The lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delias Harpalyce
''Delias harpalyce'', the imperial white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is endemic to Australia. Description The wingspan of ''Delias harpalyce'' reaches about . The upper surfaces of the forewings and hindwings are a whitish with black margins and a row of whitish small spots on the apex of the forewings. In the females the black outer edges of the wings are wider than in males. The undersides of the wings are chequered whitish and black, with a yellow band on the apex of the forewings and a red band on the middle of the hindwings. The larvae are about 4 cm in length, with a black body covered by white hairs. These gregarious caterpillars spin a silken web on their host plants ('' Amyema'', '' Muellerina'' and '' Dendrophthoe'' species). Distribution and habitat This species can be found in Australia (New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ogyris Genoveva
''Ogyris genoveva'', the genoveva azure or southern purple azure, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Australia. The wingspan is about 50 mm. Adult males are metallic purple, while females are black with metallic azure and a cream patch near the tip of each forewing. The larvae feed on the foliage of various Loranthaceae species, including ''Amyema'', ''Dendrophthoe'' and ''Muellerina (plant), Muellerina'' species. They are flattened and brown with darker brown dots. The larvae live in the nest of ''Camponotus'' species. Pupation takes place inside this nest in a dark brown pupa of about 25 mm. Subspecies * ''Ogyris genoveva genoveva'' * ''Ogyris genoveva duaringa'' Bethune-Baker, 1905 (Duaringa to Milmerran) * ''Ogyris genoveva gela'' Waterhouse, 1941 (New South Wales) * ''Ogyris genoveva araxes'' Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 (north-western Victoria) * ''Ogyris genoveva genua'' Waterhouse, 1941 (South Australia (Mount Lofty)) * ''Ogyris genoveva splen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santalales
The Santalales are an order of flowering plants with a cosmopolitan distribution, but heavily concentrated in tropical and subtropical regions. It derives its name from its type genus ''Santalum'' (sandalwood). Mistletoe is the common name for a number of parasitic plants within the order. Overview Many of the members of the order are parasitic plants, mostly hemiparasites, able to produce sugars through photosynthesis, but tapping the stems or roots of other plants to obtain water and minerals; some (e.g. ''Arceuthobium'') are obligate parasites, have low concentrations of chlorophyll within their shoots (1/5 to 1/10 of that found in their host's foliage), and derive the majority of their sustenance from their hosts' vascular tissues (water, micro- and macronutrients, and sucrose). Most have seeds without testae (seed coats), which is unusual for flowering plants. Classification The APG IV system of 2016 includes seven families. As in the earlier APG III system, it was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
