Trilepidea
Herbarium specimen of "Trilepidea adamsii"
Herbarium specimen of Trilepidea adamsii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Loranthaceae
Genus: †Trilepidea
Tiegh.
Species:
†T. adamsii
Binomial name
†Trilepidea adamsii
Synonyms[3]
  • †Elytranthe adamsii (Cheeseman) Engl.
  • †Elytranthe ralphii (Tiegh.) Engl.
  • †Loranthus adamsii Cheeseman
  • †Loranthus ralphii Tiegh.
  • †Trilepidea ralphii (Tiegh.) Tiegh.

Trilepidea is an extinct monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.[4] Its native range was New Zealand.[4] The only species was Trilepidea adamsii, or Adams mistletoe.[1] It was first described in 1880 as Loranthus adamsii and has ever only been collected from a few locations in the North Island. It has been argued that the extinction of this species, vulnerable due to restricted distribution, was caused by interaction of a number of factors, including introduction of an exotic species, in this case the brushtail possum from Australia.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 de Lange, P. (2014). "Trilepidea adamsii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T62798347A62798350. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-2.RLTS.T62798347A62798350.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Tieghem MPV (1895) Sur Les Loranthoidées De La Nouvelle-Zélande. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 42: 23-30. doi:10.1080/00378941.1895.10830569
  3. ↑ "Trilepidea adamsii (Cheeseman) Tiegh" (html). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Trilepidea". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  5. ↑ Norton, D.A. (1991) Trilepidea adamsii: an obituary for a species. Conserv. Biol. 5(1): 52-57.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.