Muellerina bidwillii
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| Muellerina bidwillii | |
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| Muellerina bidwillii (artist F.C.Wills) | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Loranthaceae |
| Genus: | Muellerina |
| Species: | M. bidwillii |
| Binomial name | |
| Muellerina bidwillii | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Loranthus bidwillii Benth. | |
Muellerina bidwillii, common name Cypress-pine mistletoe,[3] is a hemiparasitic aerial shrub in the family Loranthaceae.[4] The species is endemic to New South Wales and Queensland.[4]
M. bidwillii is an erect to spreading plant, the branches and leaves of which are smooth (or having a few scattered hairs on the inflorescence axes).[5] The leaves are linear to oblanceolate and rounded at the tip.[5] The leaf blade is from 1.5 to 3 cm long and 1.5 to 3 mm wide, with obscure venation and an obscure petiole.[5] The inflorescence a 2-flowered simple umbel on a peduncle which is from 3 to 6 mm long. The corolla in the mature bud is 20–27 mm long, and the flower has anthers 1–1.5 mm long, with the free part of filament being 8–10 mm long.[5] The pink or red fruit is pear-shaped to spherical and from 6 to 8 mm long.[5]
Ecology
Taxonomy
The species was first described by George Bentham in 1867 as Loranthus bidwillii.[1][8] It was redescribed by B.A.Barlow in 1962 as Muellerina bidwillii, with the current description of the species being that of Barlow in 1984.[1][5]
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