Peraxilla tetrapetala (L.f.) Tiegh.

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Name scientific

Peraxilla tetrapetala (L.f.) Tiegh. (1894)

Preferred name

Peraxilla tetrapetala (L.f.) Tiegh.

Taxonomy reference

Barlow, B.A. 1966: A revision of the Loranthaceae of Australia and New Zealand. Australian Journal of Botany 14: 421–499.

Linked name

Peraxilla tetrapetala (L.f.) Tiegh. 1894

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Combination authors

Tiegh.

Original authors

L.f.

Authors

(L.f.) Tiegh.

Year published

1894

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Loranthus tetrapetalus L.f.

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Peraxilla tetrapetala

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Santalales

Family

Loranthaceae

Genus

Peraxilla

Species

tetrapetala

Vernacular names

Language of use: English

Red mistletoe

Language of use: Māori

Synonyms

Associations

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Associated organism

Association source

has host

Aristotelia fruticosa Hook.f.

CHR (3 records from [Not available].)

has host

Betula pendula Roth

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Coprosma propinqua A.Cunn.

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Coprosma rugosa Cheeseman

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Dracophyllum longifolium (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) R.Br. ex Roemer & Schult.

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Fuscospora cliffortioides (Hook.f.) Heenan & Smissen

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Nothofagus Blume

CHR (12 records from [Not available].)

has host

Nothofagus cliffortioides (Hook.f.) Oerst.

CHR (4 records from [Not available].)

has host

Nothofagus fusca (Hook.f.) Oerst.

CHR (5 records from [Not available].)

has host

Nothofagus menziesii (Hook.f.) Oerst.

CHR (9 records from [Not available].)

has host

Nothofagus solandri (Hook.f.) Oerst.

CHR (9 records from [Not available].)

has host

Nothofagus solandri (Hook.f.) Oerst. var. solandri

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides (Hook.f.) Poole

CHR (38 records from [Not available].)

has host

Prunus ×domestica L.

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Quintinia A.DC.

CHR (5 records from [Not available].)

has host

Quintinia serrata A.Cunn.

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

has host

Weinmannia sylvicola Sol. ex A.Cunn.

CHR (1 records from [Not available].)

Descriptions

Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Elytranthe tetrapetala (L.f.) Engl.

Description

Glab. bushy shrub up to 1 m. or more tall, us. much-branched from base; branchlets ± compressed, ± pubescent when young. Lvs opp., ± decussate, on short petioles. Lamina thick, coriac., elliptic- to ovate-oblong; veins obscure. Fls axillary, solitary, or in few-fld cymes on short rather stout peduncles. Receptacle with ± 4-toothed rim. Tepals 4, ± 2.5-3·5 cm. long, dilated and ± 4-angled at base, bright red to orange, splitting to base. Anthers narrow, basifixed; style ± = tepals; stigma capitate to clavate. Fr. turbinate to cylindric, 4-5 mm. long.

Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.