Alepis

Declining (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Loranthaceae
Genus: Alepis
Tiegh.
Species:
A. flavida
Binomial name
Alepis flavida

Alepis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.[2] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Alepis flavida.

This mistletoe was first described in 1852 as Loranthus flavidus by Joseph Dalton Hooker,[3][4] but in 1894 Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem transferred it to the genus, Alepis.[2][5]

Its native range is New Zealand.[2]

Conservation status

It is currently (2017) declared "At Risk - Declining" under the New Zealand Threatened species system, with the qualifier C(1) implying that there are greater than 10000 mature individuals with an expected decline of from 10% to 70%, and with an area of occupancy which is less than 10,000 ha which is expected to decline by from 10% to 50%.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Lange, Peter J. de; Rolfe, Jeremy R.; Barkla, John W.; Courtney, Shannel P.; Champion, Paul D.; Perrie, Leon R.; Beadel, Sarah M.; Ford, Kerry A.; Breitwieser, Ilse; Schönberger, Ines; Hindmarsh-Walls, Rowan (2018-05-01). "Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 22: 34. OCLC 1041649797. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-09-04. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  2. 1 2 3 "Alepis Tiegh. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Archived from the original on 2 May 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Loranthus flavidus Hook.f. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Archived from the original on 2021-04-27. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  4. ↑ Joseph Dalton Hooker (1852), The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839-1843 under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, vol. 2, Illustrator: Walter Hood Fitch (published 1844), p. 100, doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.16029, OCLC 38878765, Wikidata Q6435950
  5. ↑ M. Ph. Van Tieghem (January 1894). "Trithecanthera, Lysiana Et Alepis, Trois Genres Nouveaux Pour La Famille Des Loranthacées". Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France (in French). 41 (6): 604. doi:10.1080/00378941.1894.10831649. ISSN 0037-8941. Wikidata Q54801907.
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