Melicope cruciata (A.Heller) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone
Cross-bearing pelea
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Pelea cruciata A.Heller, 1897
Conservation Status
Rediscovered?
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
The previous RedList classification of this species as 'Extinct' was possibly premature: http://rossmounce.co.uk/2015/12/30/when-is-an-extinct-plant-actually-extinct/
Distribution
Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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Stone, B. C. (1969). The genus Pelea A. Gray (Rutaceae: Evodiinae). A taxonomic monograph (studies in the Hawaiian Rutaceae, 10). Phanerogamarum monographiae tomus III. J. Cramer, Lehre, West Germany, 180 pp.
Wagner, W., Herbst, D. and Sohmer, S. (1990). Manual of the flowering plants of Hawaii. University of Hawaii Press, Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu.
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.
World Conservation Monitoring Centre. (1998). Melicope cruciata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T33664A9795088. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T33664A9795088.en. Downloaded on 17 September 2016.