Amyema nickrentii


Amyema nickrentii is an epiphytic, flowering, hemiparasitic plant of the family Loranthaceae native to the Philippines. It was found in coastal forest in the Aurora Province and "differs from all other described Amyema species in having a whorled leaf arrangement with mostly nine flat linear leaves per node".

Taxonomy

It was first described by Julie Barcelona & Pieter Pelser in 2013. The specific epithet, nickrentii, honours Daniel Lee Nickrent.