Kadua cordata remyi (Hillebr.) W.L. Wagner & Lorence
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Possibly Extinct in the Wild (Keir et al., 2016) or Extinct in the Wild (PEPP, 2024; Wagner et al., 2026:56)
Last record: 2020-2021
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
"The last known wild plant of Kadua cordata var. remyi, a sprawling shrub that grows among uluhe on Lāna‘ihale, died in the last year. Seeds stored in seed banks at the National Tropical Botanical Garden have been withdrawn to grow on Maui until they are ready to return home to Lāna‘i."
Distribution & Habitat
Lanai, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Keir, M., Sporck-Koehler, M., Gon, S. M., Caraway, V. L., Bruegmann, M., Chau, M., Kwon, J. and Sugii, N. (2016). Kadua cordata subsp. remyi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T80091620A80091640. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T80091620A80091640.en. Accessed on 03 June 2024.
PEPP. (2024). Plant Extinction Prevention Program species list, January 2024. Available at: http://www.pepphi.org/pep-species-list.html [Accessed 10 February 2025]
Wagner, Warren L., Khan, Nancy R., Lorence, David H., Flynn, Timothy W. and Wood, Kenneth R. (2026). Checklist of native and naturalized Hawaiian vascular plants. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 123: i-xii + 1-96, 3 tables. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.32124043