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]
| Trilepidea | |
|---|---|
| |
| |
| Herbarium specimen of Trilepidea adamsii | |
Scientific 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] | |
| |
References
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ "Trilepidea adamsii (Cheeseman) Tiegh" (html). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Trilepidea". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ Norton, D.A. (1991) Trilepidea adamsii: an obituary for a species. Conserv. Biol. 5(1): 52-57.