Alepis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.[2] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Alepis flavida.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Loranthaceae |
| Genus: | Alepis Tiegh. |
| Species: | A. flavida
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| Binomial name | |
| 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
editIt 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
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.