Amylotheca

Amylotheca is a genus of hemi-parasitic aerial shrubs in the family Loranthaceae, found in Borneo, Malaysia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Australia (in New South Wales and Queensland), Sumatra, Thailand, Vanuatu, and Philippines

Description
The genus Amylotheca is distinguished from other Australian Loranthaceae genera by having
 * Petals which are united to the middle or higher
 * Six petals
 * A straight corolla tube
 * epicortical runners
 * inflorescences usually a raceme of triads on a single raceme.

Accepted species according to Plants of the world online
Reference:
 * Amylotheca acuminatifolia Barlow
 * Amylotheca dictyophleba (F.Muell.) Tiegh.
 * Amylotheca duthieana (King) Danser
 * Amylotheca subumbellata Barlow

Recent Publication

 * Amylotheca cleofei Tandang, Galindon & A.S.Rob.

Ecology
An inventory of host plants for Amylotheca spp. is given by Downey

Taxonomy
Amylotheca is a member of the family Loranthaceae within the mistletoe order, Santalales. The name Amylotheca was first published by Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem in 1895,

Etymology
The genus name, Amylotheca, derives from the Latin, amylum (starch), and theca (case), and refers to the starch cells in the locules of the ovary.