Amyema gibberula

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|genus = Amyema

|species = gibberula

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|authority = (Tate) Danser

|synonyms=Amyema gibberulosa Tiegh.

Loranthus gibberulus Tate

Tapinostemma gibberulum (Tate) Tiegh.

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Amyema gibberula is an aerial hemiparasitic plant of the family Loranthaceae native to Australia and found in Western Australia, the Northern Territory, and South Australia.

Description

It flowers in dyads (groups of two flowers) and usually has four petals. The filaments of the stamens are shorter than the anthers of the stamen.

Its green, red, pink and white flowers can be seen from April to September or November to December. The leaves are terete (cylindrical and long).

Ecology

A. gibberula is found on various species of Hakea and Grevillea.

Taxonomy

It was first described by Tate in 1886 as Loranthus gibberulus, with its genus being changed to Amyema by Danser in 1992.

References

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Barlow, B.A. 1984. {{cite web|title=Flora of Australia Online: key to Amyema, Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 22, a product of ABRS, ©Commonwealth of Australia|url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/stddisplay.xsql?pnid=48296|accessdate=11 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}}

{{cite web|title=AVH: Amyema gibberula (mapview), Australasian Virtual Herbarium|url=http://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search;jsessionid=6E6B0C510A9DAE80E44F2D2527D2737C?taxa=Amyema+gibberula#tab_mapView|accessdate=10 May 2018}}

Tate, R. 1886. Transactions, proceedings and report, Royal Society of South Australia 8: 71

{{cite web|url=https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/2373|title=FloraBase:Amyema gibberula, Western Australian Herbarium, Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions| accessdate=11 May 2018}}

Danser, B.H. 1929. On the taxonomy and nomenclature of the Loranthaceae of Asia and Australia. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg ser. 3, 10(3): 295

Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. {{cite web|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:547718-1|title=Plants of the World online: Amyema gibberula| accessdate=11 May 2018}}

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gibberula

Category:Eudicots of Western Australia

Category:Flora of the Northern Territory

Category:Flora of South Australia

Category:Parasitic plants

Category:Epiphytes

Category:Plants described in 1886

Category:Taxa named by Ralph Tate