Trilepidea | |
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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
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Binomial name | |
†Trilepidea adamsii | |
Synonyms [3] | |
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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]