The New Zealand Plant Conservation Network

Leafy mistletoes

Peraxilla tetrapetala. Photo: John Sawyer.

Leafy (Loranthaceous) mistletoes

New Zealand's leafy mistletoes are in the Loranthaceae family. The New Zealand Botanic Region has six species of native leafy mistletoe.

• Alepis flavida
• Ileostylus micranthus
• Peraxilla colensoi
• Peraxilla tetrapetala
• Trilepidea adamsii
• Tupeia antarctica  

For more infromation about leafy mistletoes see:

• Mistletoes (DOC website)
• Mistletoes (Canterbury University)
• Pollination of mistletoe research (Canterbury University)
• Beech mistletoes (QEII National Trust website research report)
• Mistletoes and their hosts (QEII National Trust article)
• Mistletoes (Te Ara - Encyclopedia of New Zealand)
• Possum control benefits native beech mistletoes by Laura Sessions et al. (2001). NZ Journal of Ecology: 25 (2) - 27-33
• Effects of pollinator loss on endemic New Zealand mistletoes by Alastair Robertson et al (1997)
• Methods for monitoring herbivory and growth of New Zealand mistletoes by Laura Sessions and Dave Kelly (2001) NZ Journal of Ecology 25(2): 19-26
• Flower predation by Zellaria maculata on Peraxilla mistletoes by Dave Kelly et al. (2008). New Zealand Journal of Ecology.
• Mistletoe (Tupeia antarctica) recovery and decline following possum control in a New Zealand forest by P.J. Sweetapple et al. (2002). NZ Journal of Ecology 26(1): 61-71

This page last updated on 14 Dec 2013