Amyema benthamii

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Loranthaceae/Amyema

At a glance

Occurrence records336

Data sources6

Biological traits19

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Amyema benthamii's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility336 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources19 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF336 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 18

01Narrative

Amyema benthamii, commonly known as the twin-leaved mistletoe or Bentham's mistletoe, is a species of flowering plant, an epiphytic hemiparasitic plant of the family Loranthaceae native to Western Australia and the Northern Territory of Australia in semi-arid woodland. This species is named in honour of the English botanist George Bentham who between 1863 and 1878 published Flora Australiensis, the first flora of Australia.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTAusTraitsTRY

Size & morphology3

Fruit length11 mm

Leaf length47.5 mm

Leaf width22.5 mm

Life cycle & reproduction5

Flowering timeyynnnyyyyyyy

Life formhemiparasitic epiphyte

Life spanperennial

Resprouting capacityfire_killed

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteobligatory

⚠ sources differ — TRY: Parasite · GIFT: independent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climateseasonally dry tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessfleshy

Fruit typedrupe

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapeelliptical orbicular

Woodinesswoody

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Amyema benthamii has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Amyema benthamii carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 18 n = 9

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

n 91×CCDB · Cave1963

CCDB · Cave1963 — Barlow 1963

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type336 records

Wild obs. + sensor42

Museum / vouchered294

Origin

Native11

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO928 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 24≤1 km 3

27 georeferenced · 15 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor42

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy45% within 1 km

≤100 m 77≤1 km 23≤10 km 98>10 km 23

221 georeferenced · 73 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence294

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions13 of 16 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Kensington, AU	126
Canberra, AU	43
Palmerston, AU	43
Adelaide, AU	24
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	22
Brisbane, AU	13
Smithfield, AU	6
Mount Annan, AU	4
Wellington, NZ	2
James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record	2
Beijing, CN	1
Claremont, US	1
Kew, GB	1
Hobart, AU	1
Armidale, AU	1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record	1

16 institutions · 291 of 294 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code

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