Amyema queenslandica
Family
Loranthaceae
Botanical Name
Amyema queenslandica (Blakely) Danser
Danser, B.H. (1929) Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg 10: 298. Type: ?.
Synonyms
Loranthus queenslandica Blakely, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 47: 392(1922), Type: Queensland, near Herberton, S. Dixon s. n.; Holo: NSW.
Stem
Epicortical runners usually present, sometimes absent.
Leaves
Leaf blades thick and fleshy, brittle, breaking along a straight line when bent back on themselves. Leaf blades about 5-9 x 3-8 cm, petioles about 0.5-1.5 cm long. Venation not obvious with 3-5 veins radiating from the base.
Flowers
Flowers borne in triads, the central flower sessile, the lateral flowers pedicellate (3 mm). Triads in umbels up to 6-rayed. Rays of umbels about 6-10 mm long, dilated at the apex. Primary peduncle about 10-25 mm long. Calyx about 1.5-2 mm long, truncate at the apex, although often irregularly split. Corolla about 30-35 mm long. Anthers about 4.5-5 mm long, staminal filaments about 7 mm long. Ovary about 2-2.5 mm long. Style about 30-35 mm long. Stigma no wider than the style.
Fruit
Fruits ellipsoidal, somewhat scurfy, about 10-12 x 8 mm, calyx remnants dead (2 mm long) persistent at the apex. Seeds +/- turbinate, about 6-9 x 4 mm, immersed in a gelatinous mucilage. Endosperm white. Embryo dark green, about 3-5 mm long. Cotyledons about 1.5-2 mm long, thick and fleshy, closely appressed but quite discrete, not fused together.
Seedlings
Features not available.
Distribution and Ecology
Occurs in CYP and NEQ. Altitudinal range near sea level to 1300 m. Also found in New Guinea. Parasitic on rain forest plants in Australia.
CYP
X
NEQ
X
Epiphyte
X
RFK Code
6010