Peraxilla
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Peraxilla is genus of two showy mistletoe
Loranthaceae
Loranthaceae is a family of flowering plants, which has been universally recognized by taxonomists. It consists of about 75 genera and 1,000 species of woody plants, many of them hemi-parasites, all of them except three having the mistletoe habit...

 species from New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

. It contains the two species Peraxilla colensoi and Peraxilla tetrapetala
Peraxilla tetrapetala
Peraxilla tetrapetala, or red mistletoe, is an endemic parasitic plant in New Zealand. The Maori names for the plant are pikirangi, pirirangi and roeroe....

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