Brighamia insignis A.Gray

Ōlulu, Alula, Vulcan palm, Cabbage on a stick

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct in the wild

IUCN status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct in the Wild)

A single wild plant existed, however its natural pollinator appears to have become extinct, thus the wild population was no longer self-sustaining. The last plant died in 2012 or later.

Distribution

Kauaʻi & Niʻihau, Hawaiian Islands, USA

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Fortini, L., Price, J., Jacobi, J., Vorsino, A., Burgett, J., Brinck, K., Amidon, F., Miller, S., Gon II, S., Koob, G. and Paxton, E. 2013. A landscape-based assessment of climate change vulnerability for all native Hawaiian plants. Technical report HCSU-044. Hawaii Cooperative Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hawaii.

Gurnoe, Tony, Bugarchich, Jeremy, Khoury, Colin K. and Novy, Ari. (2023). Plant Conservation Efforts at the San Diego Botanic Garden, 14 pp. In: Pullaiah, T. and Galbraith, David A. (eds.). Botanical Gardens and Their Role in Plant Conservation: European and American Botanical Gardens, Volume 3. Boca Raton: CRC Press. 310 pp.

Hanon, D. P. and Perlman, S. (2002). The genus Brighamia. Cactus and Succulent Journal (U.S.) 74(2): 67-76.

Wagner, W., Herbst, D. and Sohmer S. 1999. Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Special Publication 91: 1-1918.

Walsh, S. 2015. Floral Biology, Breeding System, Pollination Ecology, and ex situ Genetic Diversity of the Endangered Hawaiian Species, Brighamia insignis A. Gray (Campanulaceae). Master of Science in Botany, University of Hawai'i, Mānoa.

Walsh, S. (2016). Brighamia insignis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T44080A83789215. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T44080A83789215.en. Downloaded on 15 April 2018.

Walsh, Seana K. et al. (2019). Pollination biology reveals challenges to restoring populations of Brighamia insignis (Campanulaceae), a critically endangered plant species from Hawai‘i. Flora 259: 151448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2019.151448

http://www.civilbeat.org/2017/07/on-a-mission-to-save-hawaiis-most-endangered-native-plants-from-extinction/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighamia_insignis

http://www.theledger.com/entertainmentlife/20180913/reynolds-grow-plants-that-are-extinct-in-wild

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/plant-studbook-endangered-plants-extinction

http://vanishingflora.proboards.com/thread/314/brighamia-insignis

https://app.chicagobotanicinternships.org/storage/media/7707/GonzalezREU2021_2.pdf

https://www.civilbeat.org/2022/10/another-native-kauai-plant-is-now-considered-extinct-in-the-wild/

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