Loranthaceae Juss.
Diplatia Tiegh. , legitimate, scientific
Tieghem, P.E.L. van (1894), Sur le groupement des espèces en genres dans les Loranthacées a calice dialysépale et anthères basifixes. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 41: 501 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: Diplatia grandibracteata (F.Muell.) Tieghem
Engler, H.G.A. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (August 1897), Loranthaceae. Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien. Nachtrage zum II bis IV Teil Nachtr. 1: 129 [basionym]
basionym of: Loranthus sect. Diplatia (Tiegh.) Engl. legitimate
Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 103 [secondary reference]
Barlow, B.A. (1966), A revision of the Loranthaceae of Australia and New Zealand. Australian Journal of Botany 14(3): 487-489 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Loranthus sect. Diplatia (Tiegh.) Engl. legitimate
Barlow, B.A. (1971), Loranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales, National Herbarium of New South Wales 58: 31 [secondary reference]
Barlow, B.A. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Loranthaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 29 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 142 [secondary reference]
Barlow, B.A. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Loranthaceae. Flora of Australia 22: 123-124 APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Loranthus sect. Diplatia (Tiegh.) Engl. legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Loranthaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 74, 82 [secondary reference]
Quirico, A.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Loranthaceae. Flora of New South Wales 3: 53-54 [secondary reference]
Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Loranthaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 579 [secondary reference]
Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 200 [secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 273 [secondary reference]
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 278 [secondary reference]
Nickrent, D.L., Malecot, V., Vidal-Russell, R., Der, J.P. (2010), A revised classification of Santalales. Taxon 59(2): 548 [secondary reference]
Start, A.N. & Thiele, K.R. (2023), Mistletoes of Western Australia: 111 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "From the Greek for 'two flat plates', in reference to the two large leaf-like bracts that envelope the inflorescence."