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Cyanea eleeleensis (H. St. John) Lammers, 1992

`Oha, haha, `Ohawai, `oha Wai

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Delissea eleeleensis H. St. John, 1987

 

Conservation Status

Missing (Wood et al., 2019) or Extinct (Humphreys et al., 2019); "extinct or missing" (Suckling et al., 2004)

Last record: 1970 (Wood et al., 2019); 1977 (Suckling et al., 2004:48/63); 19 July 1977 (Wood, 2012:92)

IUCN RedList status: Extinct

 

"The `Oha, haha, or `Ohawai (Cyanea eleeleensis) is known only from the type specimen collected in 1977 on private land in the Wainiha Valley on Kauai, where it had less than ten individuals when discovered. It was considered to be a population of an existing species of Cyanea until 1992, when it was described as a new species. It has not been since originally discovered in 1977."

(Suckling et al., 2004:48/63)

 

Distribution

Hawaiian Islands, USA

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

St. John, Harold. (1987). Diagnoses of Delissea species (Lobeliaceae) from Kaua‘i: Hawaiian plant studies 145. Phytologia 63: 339-349.

 

Other references:

Bruegmann, M., Caraway, V. L. and Clark, M. (2016a). Cyanea eleeleensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T44096A83790877. Downloaded on 10 September 2016.

Bruegmann, M., Caraway, V.L. & Clark, M. 2016b. Cyanea eleeleensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T44096A83790877. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T44096A83790877.en. Accessed on 14 June 2022.

Humphreys, Aelys M., Govaerts, Rafaël, Ficinski, Sarah Z., Lughadha, Eimear Nic and Vorontsova, Maria S. (2019). Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1043-1047. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0906-2 [Supplementary Dataset 1]

Lammers, Thomas G. (1992). Two new combinations in the endemic Hawaiian genus Cyanea (Campanulaceae: Lobelioideae). Novon 2: 129-131.

Suckling, Kieran, Slack, Rhiwena and Nowicki, Brian. (2004). Extinct and the Endangered Species Act. Centre For Biological Diversity. 63 pp.

USFWS. 2002. Candidate and listing priority assignment form: Cyanea eleeleensis. United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2003. Rare plant database. Unpublished.

Wagner, W., Herbst, D. & Sohmer, S. (1990). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'I 1-2: 1-1853. University of Hawaii Press.

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

Wood, Kenneth R. (2012). Possible Extinctions, Rediscoveries, and New Plant Records within the Hawaiian Islands. Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2011. Edited by Neal L. Evenhuis & Lucius G. Eldredge. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 113: 91-102.

Wood, Kenneth R. (2015). Survey Results for Eight Possibly Extinct Plant Species from Kaua`i, Hawai`i. Prepared for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS Agreement No. F12AC00737. 293 pp.

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.

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