Melicope haleakalae (B.C.Stone) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone (1989:122)
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Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Pelea haleakalae B.C.Stone in Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 23: 158 (1966); Pelea haleakalana O.Deg. & I.Deg. in Phytologia 19: 317 (1970), nom. superfl.; Pelea clusiifolia f. stenophylla H.St.John in Pacific Sci. 25: 47 (1971)
Conservation Status
Extinct (WCMC, 1998; Baillie & Butcher, 2012:88; Humphreys et al., 2019; POWO, 2024) or Rediscovered [by implication] (Chau et al., 2020)
Last record: 1919; 1964?
IUCN RedList status: Endangered
Distribution
Ukuele, Maui, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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