Muellerina

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Santalales

Familia: Loranthaceae
Tribus: Lorantheae
Subtribus: Ileostylinae
Genus: Muellerina
Species: M. bidwillii – M. celastroides – M. eucalyptifolia – M. eucalyptoides – M. flexialabastra – M. myrtifolia – M. novoguineensis – M. obtusifolia
Name

Muellerina Tiegh. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 42: 25 1895
Synonyms

Furcilla Tiegh. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 42: 85, 166 1895, nom. illeg. hom., non Stokes (1890)
Hookerella Tiegh. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 42: 26, 179. 1895
Type specimen: Hookerella tenuiflora (Hook.f.) Tiegh. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 42: 26, 179. 1895

References
Primary references

Tieghem, P. van. 1895. Sur Les Loranthoidées De La Nouvelle-Zélande. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 42(1): 23–30. DOI: 10.1080/00378941.1895.10830569 PDF. Reference page.
Tieghem, P. van. 1895. Sur Le Groupement Des Espèces En Genres Dans Les Loranthées A Calice Dialysépale Et Anthères Oscillantes Ou Struthanthées. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 42(2): 161–180. DOI: 10.1080/00378941.1895.10830585 PDF. Reference page.

Links

GBIF: Muellerina
Tieghem, P. van. 1895. Sur Les Loranthoidées D'Australie. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 42(2): 82–88.DOI: 10.1080/00378941.1895.10830580 PDF. Reference page.
Vascular Plant Families and Genera. List of genera in family Loranthaceae. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available online, including synonyms.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Muellerina (Loranthaceae). Published online. Accessed: 5 January 2018.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Muellerina in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 8 May 2018.

Muellerina is a genus of parasitic arial shrubs in the family Loranthaceae.[1][2]

This Loranthaceae genus is distinguished from others by having[3]

Petals free to base or almost so
Anthers dorsifixed, versatile
Aerial stem-parasitic shrubs with epicortical runners
Petals 5, curved; stamens unequal

Species include:

Muellerina bidwillii (Benth.) Barlow
Muellerina celastroides (Sieber ex Schult. & Schult.f) Tiegh.
Muellerina eucalyptoides (DC.) Barlow
Muellerina flexialabastra Downey & C.A.Wilson
Muellerina myrtifolia (A.Cunn. ex Benth.) Barlow

Ecology

The larvae of the Australian butterflies Delias harpalyce and Ogyris genoveva feed on Muellerina.

An inventory of host plants for Muellerina spp. is given by Downey[4] [5]
Taxonomy

Muellerina is a member of Santalales, the mistletoe order, and is placed within the family Loranthaceae. The name Muellerina was first published by Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem in 1895,[6] where one New Zealand species, Muellerina raoullii, and two Australian species (Muellerina celastroides and M. eucalyptifolia - now M. eucalyptoides) are given.[7] Further Australian Muellerina species are listed in van Tieghem.[8] A further article by van Tieghem further discussing the relationships of Loranthaceae genera is van Tieghem.[9]
Image gallery

Muellerina eucalyptoides, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, NSW, 27 January 2017 (host: Eucalyptus haemastoma)

Muellerina eucalyptoides, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, NSW, 27 January 2017 (host: Angophora crassifolia)

Muellerina eucalyptoides, near Ulan, NSW, 9 January 2009

Muellerina eucalyptoides (buds), near Ulan, NSW, 9 January 2009

Plate depicting Muellerina eucalyptoides by Adam Forster in A Brilliant Touch (2010) C. Mattingly

References

"Muellerina". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
Quirico, A.L. "Genus Muellerina". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
Barlow, B.A. (1984) "Loranthaceae" in Flora of Australia Volume 22 Rhizophorales to Celastrales (p.70). Commonwealth of Australia
Downey, P.O. (1998) An inventory of host species for each aerial mistletoe species (Loranthaceae and Viscaceae) in Australia. (Cunninghamia 5(3) 685-720)
Downey, P.O. (2004) A regional examination of the mistletoe host species inventory. (Cunninghamia 8(3) 354-361)
Tieghem, P.E.L. van (1895) Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 42: 25, 85, 175
van Tieghem, P. E. L. (1895). "Sur Les Loranthoidées De La Nouvelle-Zélande." Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 42(1): 23-30
van Tieghem, P. E. L. (1895). "Sur Les Loranthoidées D' Australie." Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 42(2): 82-88
van Tieghem, P. E. L. (1895). "Sur Le Groupement Des Espèces En Genres Dans Les Loranthées A Calice Dialysépale Et Anthères Oscillantes Ou Struthanthées." Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 42(2): 161-180