Amyema
conspicua subsp. conspicua
(F.M.Bailey) Danser
This native epiphyte
is commonly known as
alphitonia mistletoe.
Amyema conspicua subsp. conspicua
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.
Host plant Alphitonia excelsa, in turn parasitised by Viscum articulatum and Notothixos subaureus (Yengarie 2018). Another reported host is Nreium oleander (https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/146601644).
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 17 Fraser Coast localities: Yengarie, Talegalla Weir, Teddington, St Mary, Tuan Forest, Burrum Heads, Booral, Duckinwilla, Takura, Tiaro, Craignish, Granville, Owanyilla, Antigua, Point Vernon, Magnolia, Tinana.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
