This native epiphyte
is commonly known as
orange-flowered mistletoe.
Dendrophthoe glabrescens
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Loranthaceae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Reported host plants at Talegalla Weir, Lophostemon confertus; at Walligan, Melaleuca nodosa; at Burrum Heads and Urangan, Casuarina glauca; at Yengarie, Eucalyptus latisinensis, Eucalyptus tereticornis, Acacia disparrima, Melaleuca viminalis and Grevillea robusta; at Maryborough Melia azedarach.
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 16 Fraser Coast localities: Craignish, Burrum Heads, Yengarie, Dundowran Beach, Urangan, Poona, Doongul, Bauple, Boonooroo Plains, Walliebum, Duckinwilla, Maryborough, Gootchie, Beelbi Creek, Sunshine Acres, St Mary.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
