Amylotheca is a genus of hemi-parasitic aerial shrubs in the family Loranthaceae,[1][3] found in Borneo, Malaysia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Australia (in New South Wales and Queensland), Sumatra, Thailand, Vanuatu,[4] and Philippines[5] The genus Amylotheca is distinguished from other Australian Loranthaceae genera by having[6] Reference: [4] An inventory of host plants for Amylotheca spp.

is given by Downey[7][8] 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,[2][1] 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.

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