Polyscias racemosa (C.N.Forbes) Lowry & G.M.Plunkett (2010:74)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Tetraplasandra racemosa C.N.Forbes in Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 6(4): 51 (1917); Munroidendron racemosum (C.N.Forbes) Sherff in Bot. Leafl. 7: 22 (1952); Munroidendron racemosum var. forbesii Sherff in Bot. Leafl. 7: 23 (1952); Munroidendron racemosum var. macdanielsii Sherff in Bot. Leafl. 7: 24 (1952)
Polyscias racemosa is an unplaced name according to POWO (2024).
Conservation Status
Rediscovered [by implication]
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Previously considered Missing (Sherff, 1956:476), but today known to be extant (Adams, 2016).
Distribution & Habitat
Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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World Conservation Monitoring Centre. (1998). Polyscias racemosa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T34055A9835049. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T34055A9835049.en. Accessed on 24 April 2025.