Amylotheca
# Amylotheca

Amylotheca is a genus of hemi-parasitic aerial shrubs in the family Loranthaceae, found in Borneo, Malaysia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Australia (in New South Wales and Queensland), Sumatra, Thailand, Vanuatu, and Philippines

## Description

The genus Amylotheca is distinguished from other Australian Loranthaceae genera by having

* Petals which are united to the middle or higher
* Six petals
* A straight corolla tube
* epicortical runners
* inflorescences usually a raceme of triads on a single raceme.

## Species

### Accepted species according to Plants of the world online

* Amylotheca acuminatifolia Barlow
* Amylotheca dictyophleba (F.Muell.) Tiegh.
* Amylotheca duthieana (King) Danser
* Amylotheca subumbellata Barlow

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### Recent Publication

* Amylotheca cleofei Tandang, Galindon & A.S.Rob.

## Ecology

An inventory of host plants for Amylotheca spp. is given by Downey

## Taxonomy

Amylotheca is a member of the family Loranthaceae within the mistletoe order, Santalales. The name Amylotheca was first published by Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem in 1895,

## Etymology

The genus name, Amylotheca, derives from the Latin, amylum (starch), and theca (case), and refers to the starch cells in the locules of the ovary.

