''Decaisnina angustata'' is a species of flowering plant, an

epiphytic An epiphyte is an organism that grows on the surface of a plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it. The plants on which epiphytes grow are called phoroph ...

hemiparasitic plant of 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 ...

native to the Northern Territory, northern Western Australia, and northern Queensland.''Decaisnina angustata'', Queensland Government:Species Profile
/ref> It was first described in 1983 as ''Decaisnina petiolata'' subsp. ''angustata'' by Bryan Alwyn Barlow who subsequently raised it to species status in 1993.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q15380030 angustata Flora of Western Australia Parasitic plants Epiphytes Taxa named by Bryan Alwyn Barlow Plants described in 1983