This native epiphyte is commonly known as bottlebrush mistletoe.
Diplatia furcata is described as a "dicot" in the Loranthaceae family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Distribution is from northern Australia down the Queensland coast to the NSW border. No official records in the Fraser Coast region.
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 7 Fraser Coast localities: Dundowran Beach, Granville, Maryborough, Tinana, Tuan Forest, Walligan, Wondunna.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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