Amyema miraculosa subsp. boormanii

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Family Loranthaceae

Taxonomy: Amyema miraculosa subsp. boormanii (Blakely) Barlow

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)

Amyema miraculosa var. boormanii (Blakely) H.Eichler (nomenclatural synonym)
Amyema miraculosum subsp. boormanii Barlow (orthographic variant)
Loranthus bifurcatus var. queenslandicus Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Loranthus miraculosus var. boormanii Blakely (nomenclatural synonym)
Loranthus miraculosus var. pubiger Blakely (taxonomic synonym)
Loranthus pendulus var. parviflorus Benth. (pro parte taxonomic 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 (8), Crowley_2007 (2), Curtis_2012 (14), NHNSW_2022 (5), NHNSW_2023 (11), Nano_2011 (2), RBGV_2022 (5), RBGV_2023 (15), WAH_2022_2 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 45 traits from 92 records in 14 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 (3) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; White_2020]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 9 mm (8-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_colour (categorical): purple (1); red (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 564.41 mm2 (564.41-564.41 mm2) [sources: Curtis_2012]
leaf_length (numerical): 67.54 mm (30-110 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 10.95 mm (3-25 mm) [sources: Curtis_2012; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 173.67 mg (173.67-173.67 mg) [sources: Curtis_2012]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.6 cm (0.2-1 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 304.62 g/m2 (304.62-304.62 g/m2) [sources: Curtis_2012]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.29 g/g (0.29-0.29 g/g) [sources: Curtis_2012]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (3); narrowly_elliptical (3); obovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Curtis_2012; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Curtis_2012; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
plant_growth_substrate (categorical): terrestrial (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1); spreading (1) [sources: RBGV_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): hemiparasitic (1); parasitic (1); stem_parasitic (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1); vertebrate (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): endozoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): birds (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): yyyynnnnnnnn (1) [sources: White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]

whole plant morphology

plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	18	18	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_2023	11	15	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Curtis_2012	14	14	E. M. Curtis, A. Leigh, and S. Rayburg. “Relationships among leaf traits of Australian arid zone plants: alternative modes of thermal protection”. Australian Journal of Botany 60.6 (2012), pp. 471-483. doi: 10.1071/bt11284.
NHNSW_2023	7	11	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_2023	6	8	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2022	5	5	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_2022	5	5	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
WAH_2022_2	4	4	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Crowley_2007	2	2	G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Nano_2011	2	2	C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ABRS_1981	1	1	B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.