Tieghem, P.E.L. van (1895), Sur Ie groupement des espèces en genres dans la tribu des Élytranthées de la famille des Loranthacées. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 42: 435 [tax. nov.]

• Type: (not designated).

Engler, H.G.A. & Krause, K. in Engler, H.G.A. & Prantl, K.A.E. (1935), Loranthaceae. Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien Edn. 2, 16b: 139 [basionym]

basionym of: Amylotheca sect. Decaisnina (Tiegh.) Engl. & K.Krause legitimate

Barlow, B.A. (1966), A revision of the Loranthaceae of Australia and New Zealand. Australian Journal of Botany 14(3): 432-437 [secondary reference]

• Type: Decaisnina glauca Tieghem

nomenclatural synonym: Amylotheca sect. Decaisnina (Tiegh.) Engl. & K.Krause legitimate taxonomic synonym: Treubella Tiegh. nom. illeg., nom. superfl. taxonomic synonym: Treubania Tiegh. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Elytranthe sect. Neotreubella Engl. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Loranthus sect. Neotreubella Blakely legitimate taxonomic synonym: Amylotheca sect. Neotreubella (Engl.) Engl. & K.Krause legitimate

Barlow, B.A. (1974), A revision of Loranthaceae of New Guinea and the south-western Pacific. Australian Journal of Botany 22(3): 535 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Amylotheca sect. Decaisnina (Tiegh.) Engl. & K.Krause legitimate taxonomic synonym: Treubella Tiegh. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.

Barlow, B.A. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1984), Loranthaceae. Flora of Australia 22: 74-80 APC [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Amylotheca sect. Decaisnina (Tiegh.) Engl. & K.Krause legitimate

• APC Dist.: WA, NT, Qld

Rye, B.L. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Loranthaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 575 [secondary reference]

Barlow, B.A. (18 November 1993), Conspectus of the genera Amylotheca, Cyne, Decaisnina, Lampas, Lepeostegeres and Loxanthera (Loranthaceae). Blumea 38(1): 70-101 [secondary reference]

Dunlop, C.R., Leach, G.J. & Cowie, I.D. (1995), Flora of the Darwin Region 2: 198 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 272 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 259 [secondary reference]

Nickrent, D.L., Malecot, V., Vidal-Russell, R., Der, J.P. (2010), A revised classification of Santalales. Taxon 59(2): 546 [secondary reference]

Start, A.N. & Thiele, K.R. (2023), Mistletoes of Western Australia: 97 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: Named in honour of Joseph Decaisne (1807-1882), a Belgian botanist who worked in Paris and became President of the French Academy of Science and Director of the Jardin des Plantes."

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