Stenogyne haliakalae (Haleakala Stenogyne)

[Melanie]

Stenogyne haliakalae
Haleakala Stenogyne Description (Code)
Global Rank: Possibly Extinct (GH)
Endangered Species Act Rank: Species of Concern (SOC)


Species Description
Probably a sprawling vine. Flowers are apparently pale pink, and borne in the leaf axils.

Habitat
Moist forests and shrublands.

Global Range
No current range; known historically from east Maui.

Abundance
Currently unknown, last known individual observed in 1984.

Global Threats
Threats unknown.

Global Fragility
Fragility unknown.

Current Protection Status
None.

Permanence
Perennial.

Taxonomic Comments
Genus endemic to hawaiian islands, species endemic to east maui.

[Surroundx]

"George Allan tells his students to never make a painting from someone else's photograph or an image in a magazine - the image must be truly their own.

But the Kula artist broke his own rule for a recent painting of stenogyne haliakalae, a native Hawaiian vine with textured leaves and delicate pink flowers. To depict the plant, Allan used a photograph taken by retired Maui naturalist and forester Bob Hobdy 41 years ago - the last time the stenogyne haliakalae was ever seen.

"Normally I wouldn't dream of using someone else's photograph," Allan said. "But it was a wonderful thing to do, because it's gone forever. It's extinct.""

Source: www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/589900/-Memorial-to-Stenogyne-Haliakalae-.html?nav=16

[Surroundx]

Welch, A. J., Collins, K., Ratan, A., Drautz-Moses, D. I., Schuster, S. C. and Lindqvist, C. (In Press, 2016). Data characterizing the chloroplast genomes of extinct and endangered Hawaiian endemic mints (Lamiaceae) and their close relatives. Data in Brief. doi:10.1016/j.dib.2016.03.037

[koeiyabe]

explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.138251/Stenogyne_haliakalae

Common name: Haleakala Stenogyne