Amylotheca dictyophleba Tiegh.

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Loranthaceae > Amylotheca

Characteristics

Glabrous. Leaves opposite; lamina narrowly to broadly ovate or elliptic, 5-14 by 1.5-12 cm, shortly cuneate to truncate at the base to an obscure winged petiole 2-8 mm long, obtuse or rounded or rarely acute at the apex, usually lustrous above, dull below; venation pinnate with the midrib, the main laterals and reticulate veins usually distinct on both sides. Inflorescencess at the nodes, a raceme of 1-6 decussate, often subumbel-late pairs of triads or single flowers; triads (when present) with the central flowers sessile and the lateral flowers pedicellate or sometimes sessile; axis 3-12(-28) mm long; peduncles of the triads or single flowers 3-7(-10) mm long; pedicels of the lateral flowers (when present) 2-4 mm long. Corolla in mature bud 6-merous, (28-)35-60 mm long, slightly to strongly inflated, weakly clavate and acute or obtuse at the apex, red or orange or yellow below, usually paler and green or yellow above; tube in the open flower (15—)18—30 mm long. Anther (3-)5-8 mm long, acute, about equal to the free part of the filament. Style articulate 1-3 mm above the base. Fig. 10.
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Plant spreading to pendulous, glabrous. Leaves lanceolate to elliptic, acute to rounded; lamina 6-12 cm long, 2-6 cm wide, usually shining above and dull below, attenuate or contracted at base into petiole 2-8 mm long, reticulate venation distinct. Inflorescence axis slender, 5-14 mm long, rarely to 28 mm, bearing 1-6 decussate pairs of triads or single flowers on peduncles usually 4-8 mm long; pedicels of lateral flowers of triad, if present, 2-4 mm long; bracts triangular, 1 mm long. Calyx obscure, 0.3 mm long. Corolla in mature bud 28-38 mm long, inflated in middle, acute, usually red, often grading into green in upper part and yellow at apex. Anthers 3-4 mm long, slightly longer than free part of filament. Style articulate 1-3 mm above base. Fruit globose, 10-12 mm diam. red or purple.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support parasite
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Grows in mesic forests on many species of rainforest trees.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Images

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Distribution

Amylotheca dictyophleba world distribution map, present in Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Vanuatu

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:547845-1
WFO ID wfo-0000532532
COL ID D9DL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 671166
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Synonyms

Loranthus comptonii Lysiana banksiana Aciella lanceolata Aciella lifuensis Aciella pancheri Aciella pyramidata Aciella rubra Aciella tenuifolia Amylotheca balansae Amylotheca dictyophleba Amylotheca francii Amylotheca tenuifolia Loranthus beauverdianus Loranthus oliganthus Elytranthe pancheri Elytranthe tenuifolia Aciella balansae Aciella deplanchei Aciella dictyophleba Amyema francii Amylotheca banksiana Amylotheca canalensis Amylotheca comptonii Amylotheca pyramidata Elytranthe balansae Elytranthe banksiana Elytranthe dictyophleba Elytranthe lifuensis Elytranthe rubra Loranthus dictyophlebus Elytranthe deplanchei Loranthus francii Amylotheca lanceolata Amylotheca lifuensis Amylotheca rubra Amyema oligantha Elytranthe pyramidata Loranthus canalensis Elytranthe lanceolata