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Amyema pendula (drooping mistletoe)

Synonyms: Amyema longifolium; Loranthus pendulus

Wikipedia Abstract

Amyema pendula, also known as drooping mistletoe or furry drooping mistletoe, is a species of flowering plant, an epiphytic hemiparasitic plant of the family Loranthaceae, found attached to several species of Australian eucalypt and occasionally on some species of Acacia. It is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is the most common mistletoe in Victoria, especially on the coastal side of the Great Dividing Range. It has shiny leaves and red flowers arranged in groups of 3 or 4. It is distinguished from the similar Amyema miquelii through the lack of individual stalks on the flowers. There are two subspecies: A. pendula subsp. pendula with short flower stalks and anthers to the east of the Great Dividing Range and A. pendula subsp. longifolia with longer stalks and anthers to the west an
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1Food of some birds in eastern New South Wales: additions to Barker & Vestjens. Emu 93(3): 195–199
2Species Interactions of Australia Database, Atlas of Living Australia, Version ala-csv-2012-11-19
3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0