Amyema bifurcata

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Amyema bifurcata
Amyema bifurcata, Burning Mountain, New South Wales
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Loranthaceae
Genus: Amyema
Species:
A. bifurcata
Binomial name
Amyema bifurcata
(Benth.) Tiegh.[2][3]
Collections data for A. bifurcata from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium
Synonyms[4]

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.[5][6]

Its inflorescence is an umbel of two or more pairs of flowers, which have rusty corollas covered with dense intertwined hairs.[5] The fruit is globular, and the bract enlarges under the fruit.[5] The leaves are flat.[5]

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