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Hibiscadelphus hualalaiensis (Hau kuahiwi; Hualalai hau kuahiwi)

Wikipedia Abstract

Hibiscadelphus hualalaiensis (Hualalai hau kuahiwi) is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae, that is endemic to the Big Island of Hawaii. The last known plant died in 1992, making it most likely extinct in the wild; any remaining plants are threatened by habitat loss. It inhabits dry and mixed mesic forests on the slopes of Hualālai at elevations of 915–1,020 m (3,002–3,346 ft). Associated plants include ʻōhiʻa lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha), lama (Diospyros sandwicensis), māmane (Sophora chrysophylla), naio (Myoporum sandwicense), ʻālaʻa (Pouteria sandwicensis), pāpala (Charpentiera spp.), ʻaiea (Nothocestrum spp.), poʻolā (Claoxylon sandwicense), and Kikuyu Grass (Pennisetum clandestinum). H. hualalaiensis is a small tree, reaching a height of 5–7 m (16–23 ft) an
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Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Hibiscadelphus hualalaiensis

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Tree

Predators

Pectinophora gossypiella (Pink bollworm)[2]

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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