Lysimachia venosa (Wawra) H.St.John (1987:50)
Veined yellow loosestrife
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Lysimachia hillebrandii var. venosa Wawra in Flora 57: 523 (1874)
Conservation Status
Last record: 1911 (Wood, 2012:98)
Rediscovered in/last record: 1990 (Suckling et al., 2004:50/63); 7 May 1991 (Wood, 2012:98)
Rediscovered in: 2012 (iNaturalist Research grade observation by Kenneth R. Wood)
A branch of this taxon was found at the bottom of a 1000m cliff on 7 May 1991 (Wood, 2012:98). Not found in 1999 (USFWS, 2001; Suckling et al., 2004:50/63).
Distribution
Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Wawra, H. (1874). Beiträge zur Flora der Hawai'schen Inseln . Flora 57: 521-527.
Other references:
Marr, K. L. and Bohm, B. A. (1997). A taxonomic revision of the endemic Hawaiian Lysimachia (Primulaceae) including three new species. Pacific Science 51(3): 254-287.
Suckling, Kieran, Slack, Rhiwena and Nowicki, Brian. (2004). Extinct and the Endangered Species Act. Centre For Biological Diversity. 63 pp.
USFWS (U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service). (2001). Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants: Review of plant and animal species that are candidates or proposed for listing as endangered or threatened, annual notice of findings on recycled petitions, and annual description of progress on listing actions; proposed rule. Federal Register 66: 54808-54832.
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.
Walsh, S. (2015). Lysimachia venosa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T80233182A80233256. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T80233182A80233256.en. Accessed on 01 April 2025.
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.
Wood, Kenneth R. (2012). Possible Extinctions, Rediscovereies, 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. (2013). Rediscovery of Lysimachia venosa (Wawra) H. St. John, Kaua`i, Hawaiian Islands. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 114: 37-38.