Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Santalales R.Br. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Loranthaceae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Tupeia Cham. & Schltdl. (1828)
Type Taxon:
Tupeia antarctica (G.Forst.) Cham. & Schltdl.
 Description

Plants monoec. to dioec., occ. polygamous. Fls in cymose panicles with outer tepals obsolete, inner tepals 4–(5), valvate, deciduous; stamens 4, opp. tepals, filaments elongate. Ovary 1-loculed, 1-ovuled; style thick; stigma large, capitate. Fr. viscid. Hemiparasitic shrub, the only known sp. endemic.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Tupeia Cham. & Schltdl.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)1
Total1
 Bibliography
Barlow, B.A. 1966: A revision of the Loranthaceae of Australia and New Zealand. Australian Journal of Botany 14: 421–499.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.