Stenogyne kanehoana (Oahu Stenogyne)

[Melanie]

Stenogyne kanehoana Description (Code)
Global Rank: Possibly Extinct (GH)
Endangered Species Act Rank: Endangered (LE)


Species Description
A perennial rambling vine with 1-2 m long stems. Flowers are whitish or pale yellow, with pinkish-purple lips.

Habitat
Diverse mesic forest. Under canopy of metrosideros, eugenia, osmanthus and myrsine.

Global Range
Southern waianae mountains.

Abundance
Two plants seen 1995 (destroyed 1996).

Global Rank Considerations
Cultivated plants died (joel lau, via roy kam, personal communication 1/99).

Global Threats
Threats to this species' habitats include feral pigs and alien plants.

Global Fragility
Fragility unknown.

Current Protection Status
Occurrences in honouliuli preserve.

Permanence
Perennial.

[koeiyabe]

This species was rediscovered in 2004, so this thread should move to "Rediscovered Plants."
www.fws.gov/pacific/ecoservices/endangered/recovery/documents/stenogyne%20kanehoana%20(no%20common%20name).pdf
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenogyne_kanehoana

[Surroundx]

Extinct in the wild since 2013.

Wood, Kenneth R., Oppenheimer, Hank and Keir, Matthew. (2019). A checklist of endemic Hawaiian vascular plant taxa that are considered possibly extinct in the wild. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Technical Report #314.

[koeiyabe]

explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.140665/Stenogyne_kanehoana

Common name: Oahu Stenogyne

[koeiyabe]

plants.jstor.org/search?filter=name&so=ps_group_by_genus_species+asc&Query=Stenogyne+kanehoana