Amylotheca
Genus of mistletoes
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Amylotheca is a genus of hemi-parasitic aerial shrubs in the family Loranthaceae,[1][3] found in Borneo, Malaysia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Australia (in New South Wales and Queensland), Sumatra, Thailand, Vanuatu,[4] and Philippines[5]
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| Amylotheca | |
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| Amylotheca dictyophleba on Camphor Laurel, Kedron, QLD | |
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| Amylotheca dictyophleba, Lamington National Park, QLD | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Loranthaceae |
| Genus: | Amylotheca Tiegh.[1][2] |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Description
The genus Amylotheca is distinguished from other Australian Loranthaceae genera by having[6]
- Petals which are united to the middle or higher
- Six petals
- A straight corolla tube
- epicortical runners
- inflorescences usually a raceme of triads on a single raceme.
Species
Ecology
Taxonomy
Amylotheca is a member of the family Loranthaceae within the mistletoe order, Santalales. The name Amylotheca was first published by Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem in 1895,[2][1]
