There are approximately 90 species including the following:
Amyema artensis (Mont.) Dan. (indigenous to Upolu and Savai'i, known as tapuna .)Amyema benthamii (Blakely) Danser Amyema betchei (Blakely) Danser Amyema bifurcata (Benth.) Tiegh. Amyema biniflora Barlow Amyema brassii Barlow Amyema brevipes (Tiegh.) Danser Amyema cambagei (Blakely) Danser Amyema congener (Sieber ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Tiegh. Amyema conspicua (F.M.Bailey) Danser Amyema dolichopoda Barlow Amyema duurenii Barlow Amyema eburna (Barlow) Barlow Amyema fitzgeraldii (Blakely) Danser - pincushion mistletoeAmyema gaudichaudii (DC.) Tiegh. Amyema gibberula (Tate) Danser Amyema glabra (Domin ) Danser Amyema haematodes (O.Schwarz) Danser Amyema herbertiana Barlow Amyema hilliana (Blakely) Danser Amyema linophylla (Fenzl) Tiegh. Amyema lucasii (Blakely) Danser Amyema mackayensis (Blakely) Danser Amyema maidenii (Blakely) Barlow Amyema melaleucae (Lehm. ex Miq.) Tiegh. Amyema microphylla Barlow Amyema miquelii (Lehm. ex Miq.) Tiegh. - stalked mistletoeAmyema miraculosa (Miq.) Tiegh. Amyema nestor (S.Moore) Danser Amyema pendula (Sieber ex Spreng.) Tiegh. - drooping mistletoeAmyema preissii (Miq.) Tiegh. - wireleaf mistletoeAmyema quandang (Lindl.) Tiegh. Amyema quaternifolia Barlow Amyema queenslandica (Blakely) Danser Amyema sanguinea (F.Muell.) Danser Amyema seemeniana (K.Schum.) Danser Amyema subcapitata Barlow Amyema tetraflora (Barlow) Barlow Amyema tetrapetala (Danser) Barlow Amyema thalassia Barlow Amyema tridactyla Barlow Amyema tristis (Zoll.) Tiegh. Amyema verticillata ((Merr.) Danser Amyema villiflora (Domin) Barlow Amyema whitei (Blakely) Danser The mistletoebird is known to consume the fruit of Amyema quandang as well as other mistletoe species from which its name is derived.
Larvae of the butterfly genus Delias Amyema species as larval food plants. In doing so, the adults acquire a taste that is unpalatable to predators.
