Sicyos hillebrandii H.St.John (1934:7)
Maui burr cucumber, Maui bur cucumber, Hillebrand's bur-cucumber
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Sicyos laciniatus Hillebr. in Fl. Hawaiian Isl.: 138 (1888), nom. illeg.
Conservation Status
Extinct (Wagner et al., 1999:30; Humphreys et al., 2019; POWO, 2023; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
Last record (disputed): 1800's (NatureServe, 2024); 1949 (Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
Distribution
Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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Hillebrand, W. F. (1888). Flora of the Hawaiian Islands: a description of their phanerogams and vascular cryptogams. Facsimile ed., 1981. Lubrecht & Cramer, Monticello, NY. 673 pp.
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POWO. (2023). Sicyos hillebrandii H.St.John. Plants of the World Online (online resource). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 30 December 2023]
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Wagner, Warren L., Bruegmann, Marie M., Herbst, Derral M. and Lau, Joel Q. C. (1999). Hawaiian Vascular Plants at Risk: 1999. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 60: 1-58.
Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp.