Amyema nickrentii

Amyema nickrentii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Loranthaceae
Genus: Amyema
Species:
A. nickrentii
Binomial name
Amyema nickrentii

Amyema nickrentii is an epiphytic, flowering, hemiparasitic plant of the family Loranthaceae native to the Philippines.[1] It was found in coastal forest in the Aurora Province and "differs from all other described Amyema species in having a whorled leaf arrangement with mostly nine flat linear leaves per node".[2]

Taxonomy

It was first described by Julie Barcelona & Pieter Pelser in 2013.[1][2] The specific epithet, nickrentii, honours Daniel Lee Nickrent.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Govaerts, R.; et al. (2018). "Plants of the world online: Amyema nickrentii". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  2. ^ a b c d Pelser, Pieter B.; Barcelona, Julie F. (2013). "Discovery through photography: Amyema nickrentii, a new species of Loranthaceae from Aurora Province, Philippines". Phytotaxa. 125 (1): 47. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.125.1.7. ISSN 1179-3163.


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