Decaisnina brittenii is a species of flowering plant, an epiphytic hemiparasitic plant of the family Loranthaceae native to the Northern Territory, Queensland[3] and northern Western Australia.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Loranthaceae |
| Genus: | Decaisnina |
| Species: | D. brittenii
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| Decaisnina brittenii | |
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Amylotheca brittenii (Blakely) Danser | |
D. brittenii has linear to narrowly lanceolate leaves and this is the only way in which it differs from D. signata.[5] It is typically found on Melaleuca & Barringtonia.[5]
Taxonomy
editDecaisnina brittenii was first described in 1922 as Loranthus brittenii by William Blakely,[6][7] despite a specimen, NSW 79295, having been collected by Joseph Banks at Endeavour River in 1770 during Cook's first voyage,[8] and subsequently drawn for Joseph Banks by Daniel Solander.[9][10] In 1966, Bryan Alwyn Barlow reassigned it to the genus, Decaisnina.[1][2]
Etymology
editThe generic name, Decaisnina honours the French botanist, Joseph Decaisne (1807–1882), and the specific epithet, brittenii, honours the British botanist, James Britten (1846–1924),[11]
References
edit- ^ a b "Decaisnina brittenii". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ a b Barlow, B.A. (1966), A revision of the Loranthaceae of Australia and New Zealand. Australian Journal of Botany 14(3): 433, 438, Fig. 4.
- ^ a b Govaerts, R. et al. (2019) Plants of the world online: Decaisnina brittenii. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ "Decaisnina brittenii". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ a b NT Flora: Decaisnina brittenii. Northern Territory Flora online. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ "Loranthus brittenii". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ Blakely, W.F. (1922). "The Loranthaceae of Australia. Part iii". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 47 (4): 393.
- ^ Mabberley, D. (2017) Gooding, M., Mabberley, D., Studholme, J. (eds) Joseph Banks' Florilegium Botanical Treasures from Cook's First Voyage, Thames & Hudson, London.
- ^ Decaisnina brittenii (Blakely) Barlow PlantIllustrations.org. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ Diment, J.A., Humphries, C.J., Newington, L. & Shaughnessy, E. (1984) A7/33 Decaisnina brittenii Catalogue Endeavour Voyage Part 1 p.152, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Historical.v 10-12. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- ^ Crittenden, F.J. (ed.) (1951) The Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening, (4 vols), Clarendon Press, Oxford.