Amyema nestor

Amyema nestor is a species of flowering plant, an epiphytic hemiparasitic plant of the family Loranthaceae.[4] It is native to Western Australia,[3] and found growing only on Acacias.[4]

Amyema nestor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Loranthaceae
Genus: Amyema
Species:
A. nestor
Binomial name
Amyema nestor
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[3]

Loranthus nestor S.Moore

The species was first described in 1897 as Loranthus nestor by Spencer Le Marchant Moore,[1][5] but was transferred to the genus, Amyema, in 1929 by Benedictus Hubertus Danser.[1][2]

References

  1. "Amyema nestor (S.Moore) Danser". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. B. H. Danser (1929). "On the taxonomy and nomenclature of the Loranthaceae of Asia and Australia". Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg (in French). 10 (3): 297. ISSN 0215-8906. Wikidata Q102985960.
  3. "Amyema nestor (S.Moore) Danser | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  4. "Amyema nestor (S.Moore) Danser". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  5. Moore, S. le M. (1897). "The Camel Fodder-Plants of Western Australia". Journal of Botany, British and Foreign: 170.
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