Amyema
cambagei
(Blakely) Danser
This native epiphyte
is commonly known as
needle-leaved mistletoe.
Amyema cambagei
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.
Relatively high host specificity and a vegetative resemblance to Casuarina spp. (Barlow and Wiens 1977 Australian mistletoe mimicry). Distribution across inland and coastal New South Wales and Queensland. In the Fraser Coast region reported in foreshore coastal areas on Casuarina equisetifolia subsp. incana. At Tin Can Bay September 2018 and Dundowran Beach December 2018 host Casuarina glauca. Also reported at Maryborough.
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 8 Fraser Coast localities: River Heads, Tinnanbar, Poona, Dundowran Beach, Tandora, Point Vernon, Tuan, Maaroom.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
