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Amyema miquelii

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Family Loranthaceae

Taxonomy: Amyema miquelii (Lehm. ex Miq.) Tiegh.

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Amyema aurantiaca (A.Cunn. ex Hook.) Tiegh. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Amyema aurantiacum Barlow (taxonomic synonym)
  • Dendrophthoe miquelii (Lehm. ex Miq.) Ettingsh. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Loranthus aurantiacus A.Cunn. ex Hook. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Loranthus miquelii Lehm. ex Miq. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Loranthus miquelii Lehm. ex Miq. var. miquelii (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Loranthus miquelii var. micranthus F.Muell. ex Miq. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Loranthus miquelii var. minor Blakely (taxonomic synonym)
  • Loranthus pendulus var. miquelii (Lehm. ex Miq.) Domin (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (12), Burrows_2001 (20), Cheal_2017 (5), Chen_2017 (4), Clarke_2015 (3), Crowley_2007 (2), Dong_2017 (22), Draper_2023 (3), Fonseca_2000 (10), Gosper_2018 (6), Kew_2019_1 (1), Leishman_1992 (5), McGlone_2015 (6), Mesaglio_2022 (2), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (12), NSWFRD_2014 (5), NTH_2014 (4), NTH_2023 (14), Nano_2011 (4), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (15), Richards_2021 (196), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (12), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Tsakalos_2020 (19), Tsakalos_2022 (2), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (9), White_2020 (18), Williams_2011 (9), Wright_2000 (4). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 80 traits from 460 records in 40 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response
  • resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (6); partial_resprouting (1); resprouts (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Gosper_2018; NSWFRD_2014; Nano_2011; Tsakalos_2020; White_2020]
  • post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1); post_fire_recruitment_absent (2) [sources: Cheal_2017; Clarke_2015; Nano_2011]
flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 10.5 mm (8-14 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 11.5 mm (9-14 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 11.5 mm (9-14 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): berry (2); drupe (1) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (4) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Tsakalos_2020; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (3) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): red (2); yellow (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1042.88 mm2 (495.3-1598.51 mm2) [sources: Burrows_2001; Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1992; Richards_2021]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 197.86 mm (30-400 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 17.46 mm (5-30 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 314.83 mg (148.4-605.7 mg) [sources: Burrows_2001; Fonseca_2000]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 2.94 cm (0.9-5 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 377.67 g/m2 (252-502.1 g/m2) [sources: Burrows_2001; Dong_2017; Fonseca_2000; Richards_2021]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.4 g/g (0.3-0.51 g/g) [sources: Richards_2021]
  • leaf_water_content_per_dry_mass (numerical): 1.58 g/g (0.98-2.35 g/g) [sources: Richards_2021]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (4); falcate (5); lanceolate (1); linear (6); ovate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Burrows_2001; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (7) [sources: ABRS_1981; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2014_2; NTH_2014; RBGV_2023; Tsakalos_2020; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_glaucousness (categorical): not_glaucous (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_hairs_adult_leaves (categorical): glabrous (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Tsakalos_2020]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (4) [sources: Munroe_2019; Tsakalos_2020; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (9) [sources: ABRS_2022; Fonseca_2000; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (11) [sources: ABRS_2022; Cheal_2017; Gosper_2018; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • plant_growth_substrate (categorical): epiphyte (3); terrestrial (1) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Gosper_2018; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (6); woody_base (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • plant_climbing_mechanism (categorical): twining (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • plant_succulence (categorical): succulent (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1); erect (1) [sources: Tsakalos_2020]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (3) [sources: Dong_2017; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): hemiparasitic_root (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): hemiparasitic (2); parasitic (5); stem_parasitic (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Gosper_2018; Leishman_1992; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_2022_2; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bird (1); insect (2); vertebrate (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (3); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (2); vertebrates (1) [sources: Draper_2023; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnyn (1); nnnnnnnnnnyy (1); nyyyyyyyyyyn (1); nyyyyyyyyyyy (1); ynnnnnnyyyyy (1); yyyynnnnnnny (2); yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: Mesaglio_2022; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; NTH_2014; Tsakalos_2020; WAH_1998; White_2020]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank_absent (1); soil_seedbank_absent (1) [sources: Gosper_2018]
  • serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Gosper_2018]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1); widely_dispersed (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2022; White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (2) [sources: Tsakalos_2022; Williams_2011]
  • storage_organ (categorical): no_storage_organ (1) [sources: Leishman_1992]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (3) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 10.58 mg/g (5.9-19.26 mg/g) [sources: Dong_2017; Richards_2021]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -29.87 {delta}[ppth] (-32.97--27.7 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Dong_2017; Richards_2021]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 28.47 mg (28.47-28.47 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Richards_202114196J. H. Richards, J. J. Henn, Q. M. Sorenson, M. A. Adams, D. D. Smith, K. A. McCulloh, and T. J. Givnish. “Mistletoes and their eucalypt hosts differ in the response of leaf functional traits to climatic moisture supply”. Oecologia 195 (2021), pp. 759-771. doi: 10.1007/s00442-021-04867-1.
Dong_2017822N. Dong, I. C. Prentice, B. J. Evans, S. Caddy-Retalic, A. J. Lowe, and I. J. Wright. “Leaf nitrogen from first principles: field evidence for adaptive variation with climate”. Biogeosciences 14.2 (2017), pp. 481-495. doi: 10.5194/bg-14-481-2017.
Burrows_2001520G. E. Burrows. “Comparative anatomy of the photosynthetic organs of 39 xeromorphic species from subhumid New South Wales, Australia”. International Journal of Plant Sciences 162 (2001), pp. 411-430. doi: 10.1086/319579.
Tsakalos_20201819J. L. Tsakalos, M. Renton, F. Riviera, E. J. Veneklaas, M. P. Dobrowolski, and L. Mucina. “Trait-based formal definition of plant functional types and functional communities in the multi-species and multi-traits context”. Ecological Complexity 40 (2019), p. 100787. doi: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2019.100787.
White_20201818M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
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Williams_201199R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
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McGlone_201566M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
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Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
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