Wege, J.A. & Start, A.N. (24 November 2020), Snakewood Mistletoe (Amyema xiphophylla: Loranthaceae), a distinctive new species from Western Australia’s arid zone. Nuytsia 31: 277-280, Fig. 1 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "25 km from Paraburdoo to Nanutarra Road north along electricity line track from Paraburdoo to Tom Price, Western Australia, 26 October 1985, M.E. Trudgen & C.D.M. Keating 5358 (holo: PERTH 06022839; iso: AD, BRI, CANB, DNA, MEL)."

taxonomic synonym: Amyema sp. Fortescue (M.E.Trudgen 5358) WA Herbarium [n/a] common name: Snakewood Mistletoe [n/a]

• Etymology: "The epithet is derived from the Greek xiphos (sword) and -phyllus (-leaved) in allusion to the shape of the leaves, which mirror those of its similarly-named host."

Percy-Bower, J.M. & Parker, C.M. (24 June 2021), Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2020. Nuytsia 32: 5 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Amyema sp. Fortescue (M.E.Trudgen 5358) WA Herbarium [n/a]

Start, A.N. & Thiele, K.R. (2023), Mistletoes of Western Australia: 95-96 [secondary reference]

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