Amyema miquelii (Lehm. ex Miq.) Tiegh. APNI* Synonyms: Loranthus aurantiacus A.Cunn. ex Hook. APNI*
Loranthus miquelii var. minor Blakely APNI*
Loranthus miquelii Lehm. ex Miq. APNI*
Description: Plant pendent, glabrous except young shoots, ovary and sometimes other parts of inflorescence short brown-tomentose; external runners absent.
Leaves linear to elliptic, 3–40 cm long, 5–30 mm wide, often falcate, apex acute to rounded, base attenuate; petiole 10–50 mm long.
Inflorescence a pedunculate umbel of triads; all flowers pedicellate or rarely the central one sessile, or in tetrads with the central flower sessile; peduncle 10–50 mm long; rays of umbel 3–7, 3–15 mm long; pedicels usually 3–6 mm long; bracts 1–1.5 mm long. Corolla 15–28 mm long, 5–7-merous, clavate, usually red.
Fruit ellipsoidal to pear-shaped, 8–12 mm long, yellowish red when ripe.
Flowering: chiefly December–April
Distribution and occurrence: Occurs in sclerophyll forest and woodland; parasitic on many species of Eucalyptus and locally common on several Acacia species, rarely on other hosts; widespread. All divisions except NFWP.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST, NWS, CWS, SWS, NWP, SWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. W.A. S.A. N.T.
Text by A. L. Quirico
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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