Loranthaceae Juss.
Amyema pyriformis Barlow , legitimate, scientific
Barlow, B.A. (1992), Conspectus of the genus Amyema Tieghem (Loranthaceae). Blumea 36(2): 357, fig. 11 (map) [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Kenneally 9600 (holo PERTH 1436570; iso CANB 346887, PERTH 1436589), Western Australia, W Kimberley, 30 km ESE of mouth of Sale R., 16 deg 02 min S 124 deg 46 min E, on Eucalyptus rupestris, 13.v.1986.
Curry, S. & Chapman, A.R. (25 January 1996), Update to the informal names used in "Flora of the Kimberley Region". Nuytsia 10(3): 465 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Amyema sp. A Kimberley Flora [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Amyema sp. A [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Amyema sp. A Kimberley Flora [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA
Start, A.N. & Thiele, K.R. (2023), Mistletoes of Western Australia: 84-85 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "From the Latin for 'pear-shaped', in reference to the shape of the fruit."