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Checklist of Australian mistletoes with host genera

 

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Recorded host genera ( * = non-native host genera)
Based largely on Downey, P. (1998) see reference at end of page.
Where one host genus predominates in the records it is listed in bold.
For epiparasites (mistletoe on mistletoe) the record is in bold-red.

LORANTHACEAE

     

 

Amyema benthamii (Blakely) Danser

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Acacia, Aidia, Atalaya, Banksia, Brachychiton, Buchanania, Callitris, Carissa, Croton, Cryptocarya, Denhamia, Eucalyptus, Ficus, Gardenia, Grevillea, Grewia, Hakea, Lumnitzera, Lysiana, Lysiphyllum, Mallotus, Mallotus, Marsdenia, Nerium*, Owenia, Petalostigma, Planchonella, Terminalia

Amyema bifurcata (Bentham) Tieghem

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Acacia, Angophora, Eucalyptus, Nitraria

Amyema biniflora Barlow

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Eucalyptus

Amyema cambagei (Blakely) Danser

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Acacia, Allocasuarina, Callitris, Casuarina, Eremophila, Eucalyptus, Melaleuca

Amyema congener (Sieber ex Schultes & J.H.Schultes) Tieghem

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Acacia, Acmena, Acradenia, Acronychia, Allocasuarina, Alphitonia, Amyema, Astrotricha, Backhousia, Banksia, Callistemon, Canthium, Capparis, Cassine, Casuarina, Celtis*, Ceriops, Citrus*, Crataegus*, Croton, Cupaniopsis, Dendrophthoe, Elaeodendron, Eremophila, Erythrox, Eucalyptus, Excoecaria, Exocarpos, Flindersia, Geijera, Illicium, Lagerstroemia*, Leptospermum, Lophostemon, Lumnitzera, Mallotus, Melaleuca, Melia, Muellerina, Nerium*, Notelaea, Parsonsia, Petalostigma, Pimelea, Planchonella, Pongamia*, Pouteria, Prunus*, Pyrus*, Quercus, Randia, Salix*, Santalum, Senna, Terminalia

Amyema conspicua (F.M.Bailey) Danser

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Acacia, Alectryon, Allocasuarina, Alphitonia, Alyxia, Bauhinia, Boehmeria, Callistemon, Capparis, Casuarina, Citrus*, Croton, Erythroxylum, Excoecaria, Gardenia, Grevillea, Lysiphyllum, Melaleuca, Pemphis, Petalostigma, Pouteria, Psidium*, Terminalia, Thespesia, Turraea, Xylocarpus

Amyema dolichopoda Barlow

     

Acacia, Lumnitzera, Owenia

Amyema eburna (Barlow) Barlow

     

Eucalyptus

Amyema fitzgeraldii (Blakely) Danser

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Acacia

Amyema friesiana (K.Schumann) Danser

     

Wide range of rainforest hosts

Amyema gaudichaudii (DC.) Tieghem

     

Acacia, Callistemon, Melaleuca

Amyema gibberula (Tate) Danser

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Acacia, Casuarina, Eucalyptus, Grevillea, Hakea

Amyema glabra (Domin) Danser

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Alphitonia, Callistemon, Citrus*, Commersonia, Guioa, Pipturus

Amyema haematodes (Schwarz) Danser

     

Barringtonia, Ficus, Mallotus, Pouteria

Amyema herbertiana Barlow

     

Melaleuca

Amyema hilliana (Blakely) Danser

     

Acacia, Cassia

Amyema linophylla (Fenzl) Tieghem

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Acacia, Allocasuarina, Amyema, Casuarina, Eremophila

Amyema lucasii (Blakely) Danser

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Capparis, Eremocitrus, Flindersia, Geijera, Grevillea

Amyema mackayensis (Blakely) Danser

   
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Aegiceras, Avicennia, Camptostemon, Ceriops, Excoecaria, Lumnitzera, Mallotus, Melaleuca , Pouteria, Rhizophora, Thespesia

Amyema maidenii (Blakely) Barlow

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Acacia, Atalaya, Bauhinia, Carissa, Cassia, Casuarina, Erythrophloeum, Eucalyptus, Grevillea, Lysiana, Myoporum

Amyema melaleucae (Lehmann ex Miquel) Tieghem

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Casuarina, Exocarpos, Melaleuca, Myoporum, Pittosporum

Amyema microphylla Barlow

     

Melaleuca

Amyema miquelii (Lehmann ex Miquel) Tieghem

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Acacia, Allocasuarina, Amyema , Angophora, Brachychiton, Callitris, Canthium, Casuarina, Eucalyptus, Exocarpos, Melaleuca, Muellerina, Petalostigma, Planchonia

Amyema miraculosa (Miquel) Tieghem

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Acacia, Alectryon, Allocasuarina, Amyema, Anthocercis, Callitris, Canthium, Casuarina, Eremophila, Eucalyptus, Exocarpos, Geijera, Melaleuca, Myoporum, Pittosporum, Santalum, Syncarpia, Ventilago

Amyema nestor (S.Moore) Danser

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Acacia, Eremophila

Amyema pendula (Sieber ex Sprengel) Tieghem

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Acacia, Allocasuarina, Amyema, Angophora, Casuarina, Crataegus*, Eucalyptus, Muellerina, Siphonodon

Amyema plicatula (Krause) Danser

     

Dysoxylum

Amyema preissii (Miquel) Tieghem

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Acacia, Alectryon, Calytrix, Cassia, Casuarina, Chamaecytisus*, Cytisus*, Eremophila, Eucalyptus, Exocarpos, Geijera , Grevillea, Hakea, Lysiana, Melaleuca , Santalum, Senna, Templetonia, Virgilia

Amyema pyriformis Barlow

     

Eucalyptus

Amyema quandang (Lindley) Tieghem

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Acacia, Alectryon, Bauhinia, Callitris, Carissa , Casuarina, Eremophila, Eucalyptus, Flindersia, Geijera, Hakea, Mallotus, Melaleuca, Myoporum, Owenia

Amyema quaternifolia Barlow

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No recorded host species

Amyema queenslandica (Blakely) Danser

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Acronychia, Alphitonia, Canarium, Cryptocarya, Dysoxylum, Ficus, Grevillea, Pinus, Sloanea, Syncarpia

Amyema sanguinea (F.Mueller) Danser

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Acacia, Eucalyptus, Leptospermum, Melaleuca, Timonius

Amyema seemeniana (K.Schumann) Danser

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No recorded host species

Amyema subcapitata Barlow

     

No recorded host species

Amyema thalassia Barlow

     

Avicennia, Camptostemon, Excoecaria

Amyema tridactyla Barlow

     

Asteromyrtus, Baeckea, Calytrix, Melaleuca, Regelia

Amyema villiflora (Domin) Barlow

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Acacia, Aidia, Alectryon, Barringtonia, Carissa, Casuarina, Croton, Dendrophthoe, Drypetes, Erythroxylum, Eucalyptus, Exocarpos, Ficus, Flindersia, Gardenia, Lumnitzera, Lysiphyllum, Petalostigma, Planchonella, Pouteria , Premna, Terminalia, Thespesia, Wrightia

Amyema whitei (Blakely) Danser

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Acronychia, Idiospermum, Macaranga, Musgravea, Planchonella, Synima

Amylotheca dictyophleba (F.Mueller) Tieghem

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Abrophyllum, Acacia, Acmena, Acronychia, Alphitonia, Anthocarapa, Aphananthe, Austromyrtus, Backhousia, Beilschmiedia, Casuarina, Chrysophyllum, Cinnamomum, Connarus, Cryptocarya, Cupaniopsis, Diospyros, Doryphora, Drypetes, Dysoxylum, Elaeocarpus, Endiandra, Endiandra, Eugenia, Eupomatia, Exocarpos, Ficus, Garcinia, Grevillea , Jacaranda*, Jagera, Leucopogon, Lophostemon, Macaranga, Mallotus, Petrea, Pipturus, Pittosporum, Planchonella, Polyalthia, Polyosma , Pseudomorus, Psychotria, Rapanea, Rhodamnia, Rhodomyrtus, Scolopia, Syzygium

Amylotheca subumbellata Barlow

     

Archirhodomyrtus, Casuarina, Eucalyptus, Grevillea, Pittosporum, Rhodomyrtus

Atkinsonia ligustrina (Cunningham ex Lindley) F.Mueller

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Single plants can attach to multiple hosts simultaneously and parasitise a wide range of plants, including trees, shrubs, annuals, grasses and even bracken (Pteridium esculentum) (Watson, D.M. 2011)

Benthamina alyxifolia (F.Mueller ex Bentham) Tieghem

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Acacia, Acmena, Allocasuarina, Anthocarapa, Aphananthe, Austromyrtus, Backhousia, Callistemon, Casuarina, Cupaniopsis, Daphnandra, Doryphora, Duboisia , Dysoxylum, Ehretia, Endiandra, Eugenia, Eugenia, Ficus, Guioa , Lophostemon, Macadamia, Pseudomorus , Rapanea, Rhodamnia, Rhodomyrtus, Syzygium

Cecarria obtusifolia (Merrill) Barlow

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Xanthostemon

Dactyliophora novaeguineae (Bailey) Danser

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Mallotus

Decaisnina angustata (Barlow) Barlow

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Banksia, Barringtonia, Buchanania, Denhamia, Derris, Erythrophloeum, Eucalyptus, Ficus, Lophostemon, Maranthes, Melaleuca, Owenia, Planchonia, Pouteria, Syzygium, Terminalia , Timonius, Tristania

Decaisnina biangulata (W.Fitzgerald) Barlow

     

Lophostemon, Syzygium, Terminalia, Tristania

Decaisnina brittenii (Blakely) Barlow

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Alphitonia, Alstonia, Barringtonia, Buchanania, Eucalyptus, Euroschinus, Ficus, Lophostemon, Melaleuca, Parinari, Planchonia, Syzygium, Terminalia , Tristania

Decaisnina congesta Barlow

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Alstonia, Morus

Decaisnina hollrungii (K.Schumann) Barlow

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Planchonia

Decaisnina signata (F.Mueller ex Bentham) Tieghem

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Buchanania, Alstonia, Nerium*, Asclepias, Parinari, Terminalia, Antidesma, Excoecaria, Mallotus, Petalostigma , Barringtonia, Planchonia, Amyema, Mimosa*, Ficus, Morus, Eucalyptus, Eugenia, Lophostemon, Melaleuca, Syzygium, Tristania, Xanthostemon, Banksia, Coelospermum, Ixora, Timonius

Decaisnina triflora (Spanoghe) Tieghem

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Acacia, Alphitonia, Asclepias, Buchanania, Calophyllum, Carallia, Casuarina, Cryptocarya, Dillena, Diospyros, Elaeocarpus, Ervatamia, Ficus , Glochidion, Ixora, Litsea, Lophostemon, Maranthes, Myristica, Planchonia, Pouteria, Psydrax, Semecarpus, Syzygium, Terminalia, Timonius, Wikstroemia

Dendrophthoe acacioides (Cunningham ex Bentham) Tieghem

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Acacia, Adansonia, Ailanthus, Blepharocarya, Brachychiton, Capparis, Cochlospermum, Erythrophloeum, Eucalyptus, Gardenia, Grevillea, Melaleuca, Metrosideros, Sterculia, Syzygium, Terminalia, Ventilago

Dendrophthoe curvata (Blume) Miquel

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Acacia, Acmena, Acronychia, Alphitonia, Angophora, Annona, Archidendron, Bauhinia, Callistemon, Casuarina, Cerbera, Citrus*, Cryptocarya, Eucalyptus, Ficus, Flindersia, Glochidion, Jacaranda*, Lantana*, Lomatia , Lophostemon, Melaleuca, Melia, Muellerina, Platanus*, Pleiogynium, Syzygium

Dendrophthoe glabrescens (Blakely) Barlow

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Acacia , Adansonia, Allocasuarina, Amyema , Angophora, Atalaya, Barringtonia, Brachychiton, Callistemon, Canarium, Casuarina, Chamaecytisus*, Commersonia, Cupaniopsis, Diospyros, Dodonaea, Erythrophloeum, Eucalyptus, Excoecaria, Ficus , Flueggia, Grevillea, Lophostemon, Magnolia*, Mallotus, Melaleuca, Melastoma, Neofabricia , Nerium*, Parinari, Pavetta, Quercus*, Rhizophora, Schinus*, Sterculia, Tephrosia, Terminalia, Tristania, Welchiodendron

Dendrophthoe homoplastica (Blakely) Danser

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Acacia, Buchanania, Eucalyptus, Grevillea, Lophostemon, Melaleuca, Terminalia, Tristania

Dendrophthoe odontocalyx (Bentham) Tieghem

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Acacia, Allosyncarpia, Buchanania, Erythrophloeum, Eucalyptus, Eugenia, Grevillea, Hakea, Lagerstroemia*, Melaleuca, Persoonia, Syzygium, Terminalia, Xanthostemon

Dendrophthoe vitellina (F.Mueller) Tieghem

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Acacia, Allocasuarina, Amyema, Angophora, Annona, Barringtonia, Brachychiton, Bursaria, Callistemon, Calophyllum, Canarium, Casuarina, Chamaecytisus*, Citrus*, Crataegus*, Cryptocarya, Cydonia*, Eucalyptus, Eugenia, Euodia, Excoecaria, Exocarpos, Grevillea, Hakea, Hibiscus, Kunzea, Lagerstroemia, Leptospermum, Lophostemon, Magnolia*, Malus*, Melaleuca, Melia, Mischocarpus, Muellerina, Nerium*, Persoonia, Pinus*, Pithecellobium, Populus*, Psidium, Pyrus*, Rapanea, Salix*, Schinus*, Symplocos, Tristania, Zygogynum

Diplatia furcata Barlow

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Alectryon, Asteromyrtus, Baeckea, Callistemon, Canthium, Dendrophthoe, Eucalyptus, Flindersia, Leptospermum, Melaleuca, Neofabricia, Thryptomene

Diplatia grandibractea (F.Mueller) Tieghem

     

Amyema, Atalaya, Eucalyptus, Melaleuca,

Diplatia tomentosa Barlow

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Melaleuca

Ileostylus micranthus (Hook.f.) Tieghem

       

Lysiana casuarinae (Miquel) Tieghem

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Acacia, Alectryon, Allocasuarina, Alyxia, Cassia, Casuarina , Eremophila, Exocarpos, Hakea, Melaleuca, Pittosporum, Santalum

Lysiana exocarpi (Behr) Tieghem

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Acacia, Alectryon, Allocasuarina, Alyxia, Amyema, Apophyllum, Atalaya, Bauhinia, Bursaria, Capparis, Cassia, Casuarina, Ceanothus, Chamaecytisus*, Chenopodium , Citrus*, Dodonaea, Eremocitrus, Eremophila, Eucalyptus, Exocarpos, Ficus, Geijera, Grevillea, Hakea, Jasminum*, Lagunaria, Lysiphyllum, Maclura, Melaleuca, Muehlenbeckia, Myoporum, Nerium*, Nicotiana, Nitraria, Olea*, Owenia, Pittosporum, Prosopis, Quercus*, Santalum, Senna, Templetonia

Lysiana filifolia Barlow

     

Acacia, Allocasuarina, Casuarina

Lysiana linearifolia Tieghem

     

Acacia, Amyema, Apophyllum, Bauhinia, Capparis, Cassia, Eremophila, Eucalyptus, Flindersia, Grevillea, Nerium*, Pittosporum, Santalum

Lysiana maritima (Barlow) Barlow

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Acacia, Capparis, Casuarina, Ceriops, Excoecaria, Myoporum, Premna, Rhizophora

Lysiana murrayi (F.Mueller & Tate) Tieghem

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Acacia, Cassia, Casuarina, Eremophila, Eucalyptus, Gossypium, Melaleuca, Muehlenbeckia, Pittosporum

Lysiana spathulata (Blakely) Barlow

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Acacia, Adansonia, Alectryon, Alphitonia, Amyema, Atalaya, Bauhinia, Boehmeria, Buchanania, Callitris, Capparis, Cassia, Dendrophthoe, Dodonaea, Eremophila, Erythrophloeum, Eucalyptus, Excoecaria, Ficus, Flueggia, Gardenia, Geijera, Grevillea, Hakea, Lagunaria, Lumnitzera, Lysiphyllum, Melaleuca, Micromelum, Nerium*, Owenia, Persoonia, Pittosporum , Pleiogynium, Santalum, Senna, Terminalia, Viscum

Lysiana subfalcata (Hooker) Barlow

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Acacia, Alectryon, Allocasuarina, Amyema, Angophora, Apophyllum, Archidendropsis*, Atalaya, Azadirachta*, Bauhinia, Boehmeria, Bursaria, Canthium, Capparis, Cassia, Casuarina, Citrus*, Denhamia, Eremocitrus, Eremophila, Eucalyptus, Excoecaria, Exocarpos, Ficus, Flindersia, Gardenia, Geijera, Grevillea, Hakea, Lysicarpus, Lysiphyllum, Maytenus, Melaleuca, Muehlenbeckia, Nerium*, Nitraria, Petalostigma, Pittosporum, Pouteria, Psydrax, Rhizophora, Santalum, Senna, Thespesia

Muellerina bidwillii (Bentham) Barlow

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Callitris, Chamaecytisus*

Muellerina celastroides (Sieber ex Schultes & J.H.Schultes) Tieghem

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Acacia, Acmena, Acronychia, Acrotriche, Allocasuarina, Amyema, Angophora, Araucaria , Astrotricha, Banksia , Callistemon, Casuarina, Citrus*, Cryptocarya, Dendrophthoe, Eucalyptus, Exocarpos, Ficus, Hakea, Harpullia, Litsea, Macadamia, Magnolia*, Malus*, Melia, Muellerina, Nerium*, Persoonia, Photinia*, Platanus*, Prunus*, Pyrus*, Quercus*, Robinia*, Salix*, Schinus*, Syncarpia, Synoum, ,

Muellerina eucalyptoides (DC.) Barlow

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Acacia, Allocasuarina, Angophora, Brachychiton, Callistemon, Callitris, Casuarina, Chamaecytisus*, Eucalyptus, Euonymus*, Exocarpos , Kunzea, Leptospermum, Lysiana, Magnolia*, Melaleuca, Melia , Muellerina, Photinia*, Platanus* , Prunus*, Quercus*, Schinus* , Ulmus*

Muellerina flexialabastra Downey & C.A.Wilson

       

Muellerina myrtifolia (Cunningham ex Bentham) Barlow

     

Allocasuarina, Croton, Kunzea, Notelaea, Pandorea

Nuytsia floribunda (Labillardiere) R.Brown

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VISCACEAE

       

Korthalsella arthroclada Cranfield

       

Korthalsella breviarticulata (Tieghem) Danser

     

Alectryon, Citrus*, Croton , Geijera

Korthalsella disticha (Endl.) Engl.

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Citrus*, Nestegis*

Korthalsella emersa Barlow

     

Cryptocarya, Elaeodendron, Olea

Korthalsella grayi Barlow

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No recorded host species

Korthalsella japonica (Thunberg) Engler

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Acronychia, Acrotriche, Austromyrtus, Backhousia, Eugenia, Geijera, Polyosma, Rapanea , Rhodomyrtus

Korthalsella leucothrix Barlow

     

Acacia

Korthalsella papuana Danser

     

Acmena, Cinnamomum, Eugenia, Syzygium

Korthalsella rubra (Tieghem) Engler

   
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Acmena, Alyxia, Archirhodomyrtus, Callistemon, Capparis, Cassine, Cryptocarya, Diospyros, Doryphora, Elaeocarpus, Elaeodendron, Eremophila, Eugenia, Geijera, Lophostemon, Lycium , Melaleuca, Notelaea, Prunus*, Sloanea, Syzygium, Trochocarpa, Xanthophyllum

Notothixos cornifolius Oliver

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Argyrodendron, Brachychiton, Francisodendron, Heritiera, Jagera, Zanthoxylum

Notothixos incanus (Hooker) Oliver

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Amyema, Callistemon, Melaleuca

Notothixos leiophyllus K.Schumann

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Acronychia, Brombya, Canarium, Flindersia, Pullea, Syzygium, Toona

Notothixos subaureus Oliver

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Acacia, Acronychia, Allocasuarina, Amyema, Amylotheca, Angophora, Brachychiton, Canarium, Casuarina, Cryptocarya, Dendrophthoe, Eucalyptus, Grevillea, Litsea, Lophostemon, Lysiana, Melicope, Muellerina, Notothixos, Syncarpia, Viscum

Viscum articulatum Burmann.f.

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Acacia, Allocasuarina, Amyema, Amylotheca, Angophora, Buchanania, Casuarina, Citrus*, Decaisnina, Dendrophthoe, Eucalyptus, Eugenia, Exocarpos, Lophostemon, Lysiana, Melaleuca, Notothixos, Parinari, Syzygium

Viscum bancroftii Blakely

     

Casuarina, Amyema

Viscum ovalifolium DC.

 
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Celtis*, Croton, Ficus, Grewia, Ichnocarpus

Viscum whitei Blakely

     

Amyema, Buchanania, Decaisnina, Dendrophthoe, Eucalyptus, Terminalia

References

The list is drawn from the Australian Plant Census, November 2007, www.anbg.gov.au/chah/apc/index.html

Data on genera of host plants is largely drawn from this paper which lists species of hosts as recorded on herbarium specimens. Many of these are un-vouchered and may include dubious identifications:

Downey, Paul O. (1998) 'An inventory of host species for each aerial mistletoe species (Loranthaceae and Viscaceae) in Australia' Cunninghamia 5(3) pp.685-720.

 



Prepared by Murray Fagg, updated 8 December, 2014 by webmaster, ANBG (anbg-info@anbg.gov.au)