''Amylotheca'' is a genus of hemi-parasitic aerial shrubs in the family

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Description

The genus ''Amylotheca'' is distinguished from other Australian Loranthaceae genera by having *Petals which are united to the middle or higher *Six petals *A straight corolla tube * epicortical runners *inflorescences usually a raceme of triads on a single raceme.

Species

Accepted species according to Plants of the world online

*'' Amylotheca acuminatifolia'' Barlow *'' Amylotheca dictyophleba'' (

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) Tiegh. *'' Amylotheca duthieana'' (King)

Danser Benedictus Hubertus Danser (May 24, 1891, Schiedam – October 18, 1943, Groningen), often abbreviated B. H. Danser, was a Dutch taxonomist and botanist. Danser specialised in the plant families Loranthaceae, Nepenthaceae, and Polygonaceae. In ...

*'' Amylotheca subumbellata'' Barlow Reference:

Recent Publication

*'' Amylotheca cleofei'' Tandang, Galindon & A.S.Rob.

Ecology

An inventory of host plants for ''Amylotheca'' spp. is given by Downey

Taxonomy

''Amylotheca'' is a member of the family

within the mistletoe order,

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 ...

. The name ''Amylotheca'' was first published by

Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem (; 19 April 1839 – 28 April 1914) was a French botanist born in Baillleul in the département of Nord. He was one of the best known French botanists of the latter nineteenth century. Life Van Tieghem's f ...

in 1895,

Etymology

The genus name, ''Amylotheca'', derives from the Latin, ''amylum'' (starch), and ''theca'' (case), and refers to the starch cells in the

locules A locule (plural locules) or loculus (plural loculi) (meaning "little place" in Latin) is a small cavity or compartment within an organ or part of an organism (animal, plant, or fungus). In angiosperms (flowering plants), the term ''locule'' usu ...

of the ovary.

References

External links

* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q8197913 Parasitic plants Loranthaceae genera Taxa named by Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem Plants described in 1894