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Amyema

{{Short description|Genus of mistletoes}}

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|image = Amyema-pendula-6.jpeg

|image_caption = ↑A. pendula, habit; ↓A. gibberula, flowers

|image2 = Amyema gibberula var. gibberula (7232022722).jpg

|image2_caption = Amyema gibberula var. gibberula

|taxon = Amyema

|authority = Tiegh.

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision = See text

|synonyms =

  • Loranthus sect. Amyema Endl.
  • Loranthus sect. Pilostigma Engl.
  • Pilostigma Tiegh.
  • Xylochlamys Domin

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Amyema is a genus of semi-parasitic shrubs (mistletoes) which occur in Malesia and Australia.

Etymology

Amyema derives from the Greek: a (negative), and myeo (I initiate), referring to the genus being previously unrecognised.

Description

Hamilton & Barlow describe the haustorial structures of most Australian Amyemas as being ball-like, with some exceptions.{{Cite Q|Q106588754}}

Species

There are approximately 90 species including the following:

Faunal associations

The mistletoebird is known to consume the fruit of Amyema quandang{{cite journal|last=Reid |first=Nick|date=June 1990|title=Mutualistic interdependence between mistletoes (Amyema quandang), and spiny-cheeked honeyeaters and mistletoebirds in an arid woodland|journal=Austral Ecology|volume=15|issue=2|pages=175–190|doi=10.1111/j.1442-9993.1990.tb01526.x }} as well as other mistletoe species from which its name is derived.

Larvae of the butterfly genus Delias often use various Amyema species as larval food plants. In doing so, the adults acquire a taste that is unpalatable to predators.{{cite book|last=Orr & Kitching|title=The Butterflies of Australia|year=2010|publisher=Jacana Books|isbn=9781741751086}}

Uses

The fruit of Amyema species is high in protein, lipids, and carbohydrates, and was eaten by the Ngunnawal people.Ngunnawal Elders & their families. 2014. Ngunnawal Plant Use, ACT Government, {{ISBN|9781921117152}}

References

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{{cite web|author=Barlow, B.A.|year=1984|url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/stddisplay.xsql?pnid=48296|title=Flora of Australia Online: Amyema, Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 22, a product of ABRS, ©Commonwealth of Australia|accessdate=9 May 2018|archive-date=9 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509151320/http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/stddisplay.xsql?pnid=48296|url-status=dead}}

[http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=25148-1 IPNI Amyema.] International Plant Name Index. Retrieved 1 August 2018.

{{cite Q|Q54801450|pages=506}}

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External links

  • {{cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=AMYEMA|title= Amyema |accessdate=2007-10-08 |format= |work= Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra}}
  • {{FloraBase|name=Amyema|id=22387}}
  • {{cite web |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Amyema|title= Amyema |accessdate=2007-10-08 |format= |work= PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online |publisher = Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070908233502/http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Amyema| archivedate= 8 September 2007}}

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Category:Parasitic plants

Category:Loranthaceae genera

Category:Taxa named by Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem

Category:Plants described in 1895