Amyema bifurcata
{{Short description|Species of epiphyte}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Amyema bifurcata 17018156005 01ef91736e o.jpg
|image_caption = Amyema bifurcata, Burning Mountain, New South Wales
|status = LC
|status_system = QLDNCA
|genus = Amyema
|species = bifurcata
|range_map = Amyemabifurcata.png
|range_map_caption = Collections data for A. bifurcata from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium
|synonyms = Amyema ferruginiflora (W.Fitzg.) Danser
Amyema xylochlamys Danser
Loranthus bifurcatus Benth.
Loranthus ferruginiflorus W.Fitzg.
Loranthus ferruginiflorus var. linearifolius Blakely
Loranthus pendulus var. taeniifolius Domin
Xylochlamys queenslandica Domin
}}
Amyema bifurcata is an epiphytic, flowering, hemiparasitic plant of the family Loranthaceae native to Australia and found in Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales.
Description
Its inflorescence is an umbel of two or more pairs of flowers, which have rusty corollas covered with dense intertwined hairs. The fruit is globular, and the bract enlarges under the fruit. The leaves are flat.
Ecology
Amyema bifurcata is found on some 22 Eucalypt species, five Angophora species, on Acacia acuminata and on Nitraria billardierei.{{cite Q|Q106567982|pages=696}}