Amyema biniflora, the twin-flower mistletoe,[3] is a species of flowering plant within the genus Amyema, an epiphytic hemiparasitic plant of the family Loranthaceae endemic to Queensland, Australia.[4]
Amyema biniflora | |
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Amyema biniflora (artist: James F. Miller (artist), 1775) | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Santalales |
Family: | Loranthaceae |
Genus: | Amyema |
Species: | A. biniflora |
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Amyema biniflora | |
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Collections data for A. biniflora from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium |
Type: Endeavour R., Banks & Solander, 1770 (BM, holotype; MEL; NSW).[5]
A. biniflora is a pendulous mistletoe, with flat[6] leaves up 15 cm long and 1 cm wide.[3] Its inflorescence is an umbel of two or dyads (flowering in groups of two).[6] The corolla is smooth and slender and green at maturity.[6] The fruit is ovoid and the flower bract does not enlarge as the fruit matures.[6] The buds and fruit are smooth.[3]
A. biniflora is found on bloodwoods and spotted gums[3] (eucalypts).[6]
A. biniflora was first described by Barlow in 1966.[1][2]
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