Trilepidea

Trilepidea
Herbarium specimen of Trilepidea adamsii
Conservation status
Extinct  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Santalales
Family:	Loranthaceae
Genus:	† Trilepidea Tiegh.
Species:	†T. adamsii
Binomial name
†Trilepidea adamsii (Cheeseman) Tiegh. [2]
Synonyms [3]
† Elytranthe adamsii(Cheeseman) Engl. †Elytranthe ralphii(Tiegh.) Engl. † Loranthus adamsiiCheeseman †Loranthus ralphiiTiegh. †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. 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. "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.