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Amyema mackayensis     (Blakely) Danser

This native epiphyte is commonly known as mangrove mistletoe.

Amyema mackayensis 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.

Uncommon mistletoe on grey mangrove Avicennia marina (Mangroves to Mountains, Leiper, Glazebrook, Cox and Rathie). Also reported at Aubinville, Maryborough (2011). 

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 Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.

Reported at 8 Fraser Coast localities: Beelbi Creek, Booral, Burrum River, K'gari, Maaroom, Point Vernon, Poona, Tinnanbar.


Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.


             AVH

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