Alepis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Santalales
- Family
- Loranthaceae
- Genus
- Alepis
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Alepis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Alepis
Alepis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Alepis flavida.
The mistletoe has yellow, erect flowers with tall orange anthers.
This mistletoe was first described in 1852 as Loranthus flavidus by Joseph Dalton Hooker, but in 1894 Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem transferred it to the genus, Alepis.
Its native range is New Zealand.
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