Alepis
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Alepis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Loranthaceae.[2] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Alepis flavida.
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Alepis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Santalales |
Family: | Loranthaceae |
Genus: | Alepis Tiegh. |
Species: | A. flavida |
Binomial name | |
Alepis flavida | |
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This mistletoe was first described in 1852 as Loranthus flavidus by Joseph Dalton Hooker,[3][4] but in 1894 Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem transferred it to the genus, Alepis.[2][5]
Its native range is New Zealand.[2]