Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Santalales R.Br. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Loranthaceae
Genus
Tupeia Cham. & Schltdl.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Tupeia antarctica (G.Forst.) Cham. & Schltdl., Linnaea 3: 203 (1828)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Viscum antarcticum G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. 70 (1786)
  • = Viscum pubigerum A.Cunn., Ann. Nat. Hist. 2: 208 (1839)
  • = Tupeia cunninghamii Miq., Linnaea 18: 85 (1844)
  • = Tupeia pubigera Miq., Linnaea 18: 86 (1844)
Vernacular Name(s):
Kohourangi; Mistletoe (NZ); Pirinoa; Pirita; Tāpia; White mistletoe
 Description

Shrub up to c. 1 m. diam.; branchlets opp. or subopp., pubescent; bark pale. Lvs of diverse form on same plant, on slender ± pubescent petioles ± 2–5 mm. long, alt. to subopp. Lamina (1)–3–5–(7) × 1–3–(4) cm., coriac., broadly ovate- to obovate-rhomboid to elliptic-lanceolate-oblong, obtuse to occ. subacute; margins sts sinuate to sub-crenulate. Panicles ± 2–3 cm. long, up to 15-fld; peduncles and pedicels slender, finely pubescent. Fls ± 3–5 mm. diam.; tepals 4, greenish yellow, of ♂ of ovate-oblong order, of ♀ us. rather narrower, subacute. Stigma terminal on thick style, large, globose. Ovary adnate to receptacle. Fr. ± 5–7 mm. diam., white to pink, often with darker pink spots, subglobose, viscid.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Flowering: Oct.–Dec.; Fruiting: Dec.–(May)

 Bibliography
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Cunningham, A. 1839: Florae insularum Novae Zelandiae precursor; or a specimen of the botany of the islands of New Zealand. Annals of Natural History 2: 205–214.
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.
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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]
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