Trilepidea adamsii

Trilepidea adamsii, or Adams mistletoe,[1] is an extinct loranthaceous mistletoe of New Zealand. 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.[4]

Trilepidea adamsii
Herbarium specimen of Trilepidea adamsii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Santalales
Family: Loranthaceae
Genus: †Trilepidea
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.

References
  1. de Lange, P. 2014. Trilepidea adamsii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T62798347A62798350. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-2.RLTS.T62798347A62798350.en. Downloaded on 15 October 2019
  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. Norton, D.A. (1991) Trilepidea adamsii: an obituary for a species. Conserv. Biol. 5(1): 52-57.
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