Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Santalales R.Br. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Loranthaceae
Genus
Peraxilla Tiegh.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Peraxilla colensoi (Hook.f.) Tiegh., Bull.Soc.Bot.France 41: 500 (1894)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Loranthus colensoi Hook.f. in Hooker, Icon. Pl. 7, t. 633 (1844)
  • ≡ Elytranthe colensoi (Hook.f.) Engl. (1897)
Vernacular Name(s):
Korukoru pirita; Pirita
 Description

Glab. bushy shrub up to 1 m. or more diam. Branches arising from rather massive base, branchlets terete. Lvs opp., on stout petioles up to c. 2 cm. long. Lamina thick, coriac., veins obscure; broad-oblong to obovate or suborbicular; margins entire or occ. crenulate; apex sts emarginate. Infl. axillary, (3)–5–10-fld on stout peduncles 1–2.5 cm. long. Fls sessile, each subtended by broad-obovate bract ± 4–5 mm. long. Receptacle cupular, us. with truncate rim (sts 4–5-toothed). Per. cylindric in bud, inflated at base and apex, splitting into 4 linear scarlet tepals up to 2.5 cm. long. Anthers very narrow, basifixed; style ± = tepals. Fr. ovoid-ellipsoid.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1 as Elytranthe colensoi (Hook.f.) Engl.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
Barlow, B.A. 1966: A revision of the Loranthaceae of Australia and New Zealand. Australian Journal of Botany 14: 421–499.
Bull.Soc.Bot.France
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Hitchmough, R.; Townsend, A.J. 2009: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand (2008 revision). New Zealand Journal of Botany 47: 61–96. [Declining]
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Heenan, P.B.; Courtney, S.P.; Molloy, B.P.J.; Ogle, C.C.; Rance, B.D. 2004: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42(1): 45–76.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Declining]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Declining]
Hooker, W.J. 1844: Icones Plantarum. Vol. 7. Hippolyte Baillière, London.