Cyrtandra obliquifolia K.R.Wood & W.L.Wagner (2024:143)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Critically Endangered (Wood & Wagner, 2024) or Extinct (Wagner et al., 2026:38)
Last record: 12 January 2008 (Wood & Wagner, 2024)
"As exhaustive surveys have not yet been conducted in the surrounding habitats where Cyrtandra obliquifolia has been documented, we do not believe this species is extinct in the wild."
(Wood & Wagner, 2024)
Distribution & Habitat
Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Wood, Kenneth R. and Wagner, Warren L. (2024). Cyrtandra obliquifolia (Gesneriaceae), a new species from Kaua‘i, Hawaiian Islands. PhytoKeys 237: 141-151. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.237.114704
Other references:
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