Amyema

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Santalales

Familia: Loranthaceae
Tribus: Lorantheae
Subtribus: Amyeminae
Genus: Amyema
Species: A. acuta – A. apoensis – A. artensis – A. arthrocaulis – A. beccarii – A. benguetensis – A. benthamii – A. bifurcata – A. biniflora – A. brassii – A. cambagei – A. canaliculata – A. caudiciflora – A. cauliflora – A. celebica – A. cercidioides – A. congener –. A. conspicua – A. corniculata – A. cuernosensis – A. curranii – A. dilatipes – A. dolichopoda – A. eburna – A. edanoi – A. enneantha – A. fasciculata – A. finisterrae – A. fitzgeraldii – A. friesiana – A. gaudichaudii – A. gibberula – A. glabra – A. gravis – A. haematodes – A. haenkeana – A. halconensis – A. hastifolia – A. herbertiana – A. hexameres – A. hexantha – A. hilliana – A. incarnatiflora – A. irrubescens – A. kebarensis – A. linophylla – A. longipes – A. lucasii – A. luzonensis – A. mackayensis – A. maidenii – A. melaleucae – A. microphylla – A. miquelii – A. miraculosa – A. nestor – A. nickrentii – A. novaebrittaniae – A. pachypus – A. pendula – A. plicatula – A. polillensis – A. polytrias – A. preissii – A. pyriformis – A. quandang – A. quaternifolia – A. queenslandica – A. rhytidoderma – A. rigidiflora – A. sanguinea – A. scandens – A. scheffleroides – A. seemeniana – A. seriata – A. squarrosa – A. strongylophylla – A. subcapitata – A. tetraflora – A. tetrapetala – A. thalassia – A. triantha – A. tridactyla – A. tristis – A. umbellata – A. urdanetensis – A. vernicosa – A. verticillata – A. villiflora – A. wenzelii – A. whitei – A. wichmannii
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Amyema in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov 23. Reference page.

Name

Amyema Tiegh., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 41: 506 (1895).
References
Primary references

Tieghem, P. van. 1894. Sur Le Groupement Des Espèces En Genres Dans Les Loranthacées A Calice Dialysépale Et Anthéres Basifixes. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 41(6): 497–511. DOI: 10.1080/00378941.1894.10831632 PDF. Reference page.

Links

GBIF:Amyema
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Amyema in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: October 9, 2010.
Amyema in: Australian Plant Census (APC) 2018. IBIS database, Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Accessed: 2018 January 14.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Amyema. Published online. Accessed: 26 Jan 2018.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Amyema in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 26 Jan. 2018.
Tropicos.org 2018. Amyema. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 January 14.

Amyema is a genus of semi-parasitic shrubs (mistletoes) which occur in Malesia and Australia.

Etymology

Amyema derives from the Greek: a (negative), and myeo (I initiate), referring to the genus being previously unrecognised.[3]
Description

Hamilton & Barlow describe the haustorial structures of most Australian Amyemas as being ball-like, with some exceptions.[4]
Species

There are approximately 90 species including the following:

Amyema arthrocaulis Barlow
Amyema artensis (Mont.) Dan. (indigenous to Upolu and Savai'i, known as tapuna.)
Amyema benthamii (Blakely) Danser
Amyema betchei (Blakely) Danser
Amyema bifurcata (Benth.) Tiegh.
Amyema biniflora Barlow
Amyema brassii Barlow
Amyema brevipes (Tiegh.) Danser
Amyema cambagei (Blakely) Danser
Amyema congener (Sieber ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Tiegh.
Amyema conspicua (F.M.Bailey) Danser
Amyema dolichopoda Barlow
Amyema duurenii Barlow
Amyema eburna (Barlow) Barlow
Amyema fitzgeraldii (Blakely) Danser - pincushion mistletoe
Amyema gaudichaudii (DC.) Tiegh.
Amyema gibberula (Tate) Danser
Amyema glabra (Domin) Danser
Amyema haematodes (O.Schwarz) Danser
Amyema herbertiana Barlow
Amyema hilliana (Blakely) Danser
Amyema linophylla (Fenzl) Tiegh.
Amyema lisae Pelser & Barcelona
Amyema lucasii (Blakely) Danser
Amyema mackayensis (Blakely) Danser
Amyema maidenii (Blakely) Barlow
Amyema melaleucae (Lehm. ex Miq.) Tiegh.
Amyema microphylla Barlow
Amyema miquelii (Lehm. ex Miq.) Tiegh. - stalked mistletoe
Amyema miraculosa (Miq.) Tiegh.
Amyema nestor (S.Moore) Danser
Amyema nickrentii Barcelona & Pelser
Amyema pendula (Sieber ex Spreng.) Tiegh. - drooping mistletoe
Amyema preissii (Miq.) Tiegh. - wireleaf mistletoe
Amyema quandang (Lindl.) Tiegh.
Amyema quaternifolia Barlow
Amyema queenslandica (Blakely) Danser
Amyema sanguinea (F.Muell.) Danser
Amyema seemeniana (K.Schum.) Danser
Amyema subcapitata Barlow
Amyema tetraflora (Barlow) Barlow
Amyema tetrapetala (Danser) Barlow
Amyema thalassia Barlow
Amyema tridactyla Barlow
Amyema tristis (Zoll.) Tiegh.
Amyema verticillata (Merr.) Danser
Amyema villiflora (Domin) Barlow
Amyema whitei (Blakely) Danser

Faunal associations

The mistletoebird is known to consume the fruit of Amyema quandang[5] as well as other mistletoe species from which its name is derived.

Larvae of the butterfly genus Delias often use various Amyema species as larval food plants. In doing so, the adults acquire a taste that is unpalatable to predators.[6]
Uses

The fruit of Amyema species is high in protein, lipids, and carbohydrates, and was eaten by the Ngunnawal people.[7]
References

IPNI Amyema. International Plant Name Index. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
M. Ph. Van Tieghem (January 1894). "Sur Le Groupement Des Espèces En Genres Dans Les Loranthacées A Calice Dialysépale Et Anthéres Basifixes". Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (in French). 41 (6): 506. doi:10.1080/00378941.1894.10831632. ISSN 0037-8941. Wikidata Q54801450.
Barlow, B.A. (1984). "Flora of Australia Online: Amyema, Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 22, a product of ABRS, ©Commonwealth of Australia". Retrieved 9 May 2018.
S.G.Hamilton; B.A. Barlow (1963). "Studies in Australian Loranthaceae. II. Attachment Structures and their Interrelationships". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 88: 74–90. ISSN 0370-047X. Wikidata Q106588754.
Reid, Nick (June 1990). "Mutualistic interdependence between mistletoes (Amyema quandang), and spiny-cheeked honeyeaters and mistletoebirds in an arid woodland". Austral Ecology. 15 (2): 175–190. doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.1990.tb01526.x.
Orr & Kitching (2010). The Butterflies of Australia. Jacana Books. ISBN 9781741751086.
Ngunnawal Elders & their families. 2014. Ngunnawal Plant Use, ACT Government, ISBN 9781921117152