Muellerina (plant)

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Muellerina
Mistletoe Muellerina eucalyptoides.jpg
Muellerina eucalyptoides on Eucalyptus haemastoma, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, 27 January 2017
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Loranthaceae
Genus: Muellerina
Tiegh.[1]

Muellerina is a genus of parasitic arial shrubs in the family Loranthaceae.[1][2]

This Loranthaceae genus is distinguished from others by having[3]

  • Petals free to base or almost so
  • Anthers dorsifixed, versatile
  • Aerial stem-parasitic shrubs with epicortical runners
  • Petals 5, curved; stamens unequal

Species include:

Ecology[]

The larvae of the Australian butterflies Delias harpalyce and Ogyris genoveva feed on Muellerina.

An inventory of host plants for Muellerina spp. is given by Downey[4] [5]

Taxonomy[]

Muellerina is a member of Santalales, the mistletoe order, and is placed within the family Loranthaceae. The name Muellerina was first published by Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem in 1895,[6] where one New Zealand species, Muellerina raoullii, and two Australian species (Muellerina celastroides and M. eucalyptifolia - now M. eucalyptoides) are given.[7] Further Australian Muellerina species are listed in van Tieghem.[8] A further article by van Tieghem further discussing the relationships of Loranthaceae genera is van Tieghem.[9]

Image gallery[]

  • Muellerina eucalyptoides, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, NSW, 27 January 2017 (host: Eucalyptus haemastoma)

  • Muellerina eucalyptoides, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, NSW, 27 January 2017 (host: Angophora crassifolia)

  • Muellerina eucalyptoides, near Ulan, NSW, 9 January 2009

  • Muellerina eucalyptoides (buds), near Ulan, NSW, 9 January 2009

  • Plate depicting Muellerina eucalyptoides by Adam Forster in A Brilliant Touch (2010) C. Mattingly

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Muellerina". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  2. ^ Quirico, A.L. "Genus Muellerina". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  3. ^ Barlow, B.A. (1984) "Loranthaceae" in Flora of Australia Volume 22 Rhizophorales to Celastrales (p.70). Commonwealth of Australia
  4. ^ Downey, P.O. (1998) An inventory of host species for each aerial mistletoe species (Loranthaceae and Viscaceae) in Australia. (Cunninghamia 5(3) 685-720)
  5. ^ Downey, P.O. (2004) A regional examination of the mistletoe host species inventory. (Cunninghamia 8(3) 354-361)
  6. ^ Tieghem, P.E.L. van (1895) Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 42: 25, 85, 175
  7. ^ van Tieghem, P. E. L. (1895). "Sur Les Loranthoidées De La Nouvelle-Zélande." Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 42(1): 23-30
  8. ^ van Tieghem, P. E. L. (1895). "Sur Les Loranthoidées D' Australie." Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 42(2): 82-88
  9. ^ van Tieghem, P. E. L. (1895). "Sur Le Groupement Des Espèces En Genres Dans Les Loranthées A Calice Dialysépale Et Anthères Oscillantes Ou Struthanthées." Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 42(2): 161-180

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