Don Herbison-Evans (
donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Stella Crossley
(updated 5 January 2010)
Australia is blessed with many species of Mistletoe.
They are parasitic on other plants,
and many Mistletoes have very specific hosts:
-
Amyema bifurcatum ( Twin Forked Mistletoe ),
- Amyema biniflora ( Gum-leaf Mistletoe ) on
Gum Trees ( Eucalyptus,
MYRTACEAE ),
-
Amyema cambagei ( Sheoak Mistletoe ), on
River Sheoak ( Casuarina cunninghamiana ),
Belah ( Casuarina cristata ), and
Swamp Sheoak ( Casuarina glauca )
( all in
CASUARINACAE ),
-
Amyema congener ( Erect Mistletoe ) on
Sheoak Mistletoe ( Amyema cambagei,
LORANTHACEAE ),
Bottlebrush ( Callistemon,
MYRTACEAE ), and
Australian Willow
( Geijera parviflora,
RUTACEAE ),
-
Amyema conspicuum on
Red Ash ( Alphitonia excelsa,
RHAMNACEAE ),
-
Amyema fitzgeraldii ( Pincushion Mistletoe ) on
Raspberry Jam Wattle ( Acacia acuminata,
MIMOSACEAE ),
-
Amyema gaudichaudii ( Paper Bark Mistletoe ) on
Paperbarks (Melalauca,
MYRTACEAE ),
-
Amyema gibberula ( Hakea Mistletoe ) on
Hakea (Hakea,
PROTEACEAE ),
-
Amyema linophylla ( Buloke Mistletoe ) on
Bulloak ( Allocasuarina luehmannii ),
Belah ( Casuarina cristata ), and
Casuarina obesa ( all in
CASUARINACAE ),
-
Amyema lucasii on
Leopardwood ( Flindersia maculosa,
RUTACEAE ),
-
Amyema mackayensis ( Mackay Mistletoe ) on
Grey Mangrove ( Avicennia marina,
ACANTHACEAE ),
-
Amyema maidenii ( Pale Leaved Mistletoe ) on
Mulga ( Acacia aneura ),
Brigalow ( Acacia harpophylla ), and
Wichetty Bush (
Acacia kempeana ) all of
MIMOSACEAE,
-
Amyema melaleucae ( Melaleuca Mistletoe ) on
Moonah ( Melaleuca lanceolata,
MYRTACEAE ),
-
Amyema miquelii ( Box Mistletoe ) on
Gum Trees ( Eucalyptus,
MYRTACEAE ), and
Wattles ( Acacia,
MIMOSACEAE ),
-
Amyema miraculosa ( Fleshy Mistletoe ) on
Northern Sandalwood ( Santalum lanceolatum,
SANTALACEAE ),
Australian Willow
( Geijera parviflora,
RUTACEAE ),
Boobialla ( Myoporum,
MYOPORACEAE ),
Sheoaks ( Casuarinas,
CASUARINACAE ), and
other
Mistletoes,
-
Amyema pendula ( Drooping Mistletoe ) on
Gum Trees ( Eucalyptus,
MYRTACEAE ), and
Wattles ( Acacia,
MIMOSACEAE ),
-
Amyema preissii ( Wire-leaved Mistletoe ) on
Wattles ( Acacia,
MIMOSACEAE ),
-
Amyema quandang ( Grey Mistletoe ) on
Wattles ( Acacia,
MIMOSACEAE ),
-
Amyema queenslandica
-
Amyema sanguinea ( Christmas Mistletoe ) on
Gum Trees ( Eucalyptus,
MYRTACEAE ), and
Wattles ( Acacia,
MIMOSACEAE ),
-
Amyema seemeniana
-
Amyema thalassia ( Mangrove Mistletoe ) on
Stilted Mangrove ( Rhizophora stylosa,
RHIZOPHORACEAE ),
-
Amylotheca dictyophleba,
-
Amylotheca subumbellata on
Rhodamnia trineura (
MYRTACEAE ),
-
Atkinsonia ligustrina,
-
Benthamina alyxifolia,
-
Decaisnina congesta,
-
Decaisnina signata on
Swamp Banksia ( Banksia dentata,
PROTEACEAE ), and
Green Plum ( Buchanania obovata,
ANARCARDIACEAE ).
- Decaisnina triflora,
-
Dendrophthoe curvata on
Pomegranate ( Punica granatum,
PUNICACEAE ),
Curtain Fig ( Ficus virens,
MORACEAE ),
-
Dendrophthoe glabrescens ( Bald Mistletoe ) on
Gum Trees ( Eucalyptus,
MYRTACEAE ),
and many other trees in about 20 genera,
-
Dendrophthoe homoplastica on
Silver Wattle ( Acacia holosericea,
MIMOSACEAE ),
Bottlebrush ( Callistemon,
MYRTACEAE ),
-
Dendrophthoe vitellina ( Long Flowered Mistletoe ) on
Gum Trees ( Eucalyptus,
MYRTACEAE ),
and many other trees in about 20 genera,
-
Diplatia furcata on
Woodland Paperbark ( Melaleuca nervosa,
MYRTACEAE ),
-
Diplatia grandibractea
-
Diplatia tomentosa on
Coolibah ( Eucalyptus microtheca,
MYRTACEAE ),
Broad-leaved Paperbark ( Melaleuca viridiflora,
MYRTACEAE ),
-
Lysiana exocarpi ( Harlequin Mistletoe )
-
Lysiana linearifolia
-
Lysiana maritima on
CASUARINACAE,
-
Lysiana murrayi on
Wattles ( Acacia,
MIMOSACEAE ),
-
Lysiana subfalcata
-
Muellerina bidwillii
-
Muellerina celastroides ( Coast Mistletoe ) on
Pear Tree ( Pyrus malus,
ROSACEAE ),
-
Muellerina eucalyptoides ( Creeping Mistletoe ) on
Gum Trees ( Eucalyptus,
MYRTACEAE ), and
Wattles ( Acacia,
MIMOSACEAE ),
-
Muellerina myrtifolia
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