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Scientific Name: Wikstroemia hanalei
Species Authority: Wawra
Taxonomic Source(s): Wagner, W.L., Herbst, D.R. and Lorence, D.H. 2005 onwards. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands website. Available at: botany.si.edu/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/index.htm.
Identification information: Diplomorpha hanalei (Wawra) A. Heller , Minnesota Bot. Stud. 1: 861. 1897.
Type Information
Wikstroemia hanalei Wawra , Flora 33: 185 1875.
Kaua`i: Hanalei Valley. s.d.. H. Wawra 2020.
Skottsberg, C. 1972. The genus Wikstroemia Endl. in the Hawaiian Islands. Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Litt. Gothob., Bot. 1: 1-166.
Assessment Information [top]
Red List Category & Criteria: Extinct ver 3.1
Year Published: 2016
Date Assessed: 2016-07-06
Assessor(s): Clark, M.
Reviewer(s): Deans, S.
Contributor(s): Nyberg, B. & Wood, K.
Justification:
The species appears to have been extinct for many years as it was last collected in 1897 and there have been no records of it since. It was probably driven to extinction through the impacts of alien invasive plant and animal species.
Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: The type collection of Wikstroemia hanalei, a Kauaʻi island endemic, was made by Wawra in 1897 in Hanalei, and Waiʻoli, Moloaʻa, and Hoʻolulu Valleys on Kauaʻi.
Countries occurrence:
Regionally extinct:
United States (Hawaiian Is.)
Additional data:
♦ Estimated area of occupancy (AOO) - km2: 0
Range Map: Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.
Population [top]
Population: No individuals of Wikstoemia hanalei have been reported since the type collection in 1897.
Additional data:
♦ Number of mature individuals: 0
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: Information is not available on the habitat in which this species was found, but presumably it was native lowland shrub land.
Systems: Terrestrial
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): Threats were not recorded for this species, but the general threats in lower elevations of Kauaʻi are usually invasive introduced plants, rats and often, pigs.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: Wikstroemia hanalei has not been listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, as it appears to have been extirpated before the Endangered Species Act was in force.
www.iucnredlist.org/details/97910096/0
Species Authority: Wawra
Taxonomic Source(s): Wagner, W.L., Herbst, D.R. and Lorence, D.H. 2005 onwards. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands website. Available at: botany.si.edu/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/index.htm.
Identification information: Diplomorpha hanalei (Wawra) A. Heller , Minnesota Bot. Stud. 1: 861. 1897.
Type Information
Wikstroemia hanalei Wawra , Flora 33: 185 1875.
Kaua`i: Hanalei Valley. s.d.. H. Wawra 2020.
Skottsberg, C. 1972. The genus Wikstroemia Endl. in the Hawaiian Islands. Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Litt. Gothob., Bot. 1: 1-166.
Assessment Information [top]
Red List Category & Criteria: Extinct ver 3.1
Year Published: 2016
Date Assessed: 2016-07-06
Assessor(s): Clark, M.
Reviewer(s): Deans, S.
Contributor(s): Nyberg, B. & Wood, K.
Justification:
The species appears to have been extinct for many years as it was last collected in 1897 and there have been no records of it since. It was probably driven to extinction through the impacts of alien invasive plant and animal species.
Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: The type collection of Wikstroemia hanalei, a Kauaʻi island endemic, was made by Wawra in 1897 in Hanalei, and Waiʻoli, Moloaʻa, and Hoʻolulu Valleys on Kauaʻi.
Countries occurrence:
Regionally extinct:
United States (Hawaiian Is.)
Additional data:
♦ Estimated area of occupancy (AOO) - km2: 0
Range Map: Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.
Population [top]
Population: No individuals of Wikstoemia hanalei have been reported since the type collection in 1897.
Additional data:
♦ Number of mature individuals: 0
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: Information is not available on the habitat in which this species was found, but presumably it was native lowland shrub land.
Systems: Terrestrial
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): Threats were not recorded for this species, but the general threats in lower elevations of Kauaʻi are usually invasive introduced plants, rats and often, pigs.
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: Wikstroemia hanalei has not been listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, as it appears to have been extirpated before the Endangered Species Act was in force.
www.iucnredlist.org/details/97910096/0
