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Genus of mistletoes
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]
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
Accepted species according to Plants of the world online
Reference:
[4]
Recent Publication
Ecology
An inventory of host plants for Amylotheca spp. is given by Downey
[7]
[8]
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]
Etymology
The genus name, Amylotheca , derives from the Latin, amylum (starch), and theca (case), and refers to the starch cells in the
locules of the ovary.
[9]
References
^
a
b
c
"Amylotheca " .
Australian Plant Name Index , IBIS database . Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
^
a
b van Tieghem, P. E. L. (1894) "Sur les Loxanthera, Amylotheca et Treubella, Trois Genres Nouveaux pour la Tribu des Élytranthées dans la Famille des Loranthacées." Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 41: 261
PDF Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 41(4): 257-269
doi :
10.1080/00378941.1894.10831597
^ Quirico, A.L.
"Genus Amylotheca " . PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online . Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 27 February 2019 .
^
a
b Govaerts, R. et al. (2017)
Plants of the world online: Amylotheca . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
^
a
b Tandang, Danilo N.; Galindon, John Michael M.; Lagunday, Noel E.; Coritico, Fulgent P.; Amoroso, Victor B.; Robinson, Alastair S. (2021-06-04).
"Amylotheca cleofei sp. nov. (Loranthaceae), a new species and genus record for the Philippines" . Phytotaxa . 507 (1): 113–120.
doi :
10.11646/phytotaxa.507.1.7 .
ISSN
1179-3163 .
^
"Loranthaceae" .
Flora of Australia Online .
Department of the Environment and Heritage , Australian Government.
^ Downey, P.O. (1998) An inventory of host species for each aerial mistletoe species (Loranthaceae and Viscaceae ) in Australia. (
Cunninghamia 5(3) 685-720)
^ Downey, P.O. (2004) A regional examination of the mistletoe host species inventory. (
Cunninghamia 8(3) 354-361)
^
"Amylotheca " .
Flora of Australia Online .
Department of the Environment and Heritage , Australian Government.
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