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Urera kaalae (opuhe)

Wikipedia Abstract

Urera kaalae, opuhe, is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family, Urticaceae, that is endemic to the island of Oʻahu in Hawaii. It inhabits slopes and gulches in mesic forests at elevations of 300–760 m (980–2,490 ft). Currently it is restricted to the southern and central parts of the Waiʻanae Mountains. Associated plants include maile (Alyxia oliviformis), hame (Antidesma platyphyllum), Asplenium kaulfusii, Athyrium spp., ʻāwikiwiki (Canavalia spp.), pāpala (Charpentiera spp.), ʻakoko (Euphorbia spp.), poʻolā (Claoxylon sandwicense), ēlama (Diospyros hillebrandii), Doryopteris spp., ʻieʻi.e. (Freycinetia arborea), manono (Hedyotis acuminata), Hibiscus spp., olopua (Nestegis sandwicensis), māmaki (Pipturus albidus), hala pepe (Pleomele spp.), ʻālaʻa (Pouteria sandwicensis), kōpik
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Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Urera kaalae

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Tree

Predators

Philodoria ureraella[2]

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0