Melicope macropus (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone (1989:121)
Kaholuamanu melicope
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Pelea macropus Hillebr. in Fl. Hawaiian Isl.: 65 (1888); Euodia macropus (Hillebr.) Drake in Ill. Fl. Ins. Pacif.: 132 (1890); Pelea acutivalvata H.Lév. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 153 (1911)
Conservation Status
Missing (Wagner et al., 1999:48; Wood et al., 2019:10) or Extinct (Clark, 2016, 2020; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024; POWO, 2024)
Last record: 1910 (collection) (Clark, 2020); 1995 (observation) (Wood et al., 2019:10; Clark, 2020; Christenhusz & Govaerts, 2024)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Hillebrand, W. F. (1888). Flora of the Hawaiian Islands: a description of their phanerogams and vascular cryptogams. Facsimile ed., 1981. Lubrecht & Cramer, Monticello, NY. 673 pp.
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Wood, Kenneth R. (2012). Possible Extinctions, Rediscoveries, 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. (2015). Survey Results for Eight Possibly Extinct Plant Species from Kaua`i, Hawai`i. Prepared for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS Agreement No. F12AC00737. 293 pp.
Wood, Kenneth R., Oppenheimer, Hank and Keir, Matthew. (2019). A checklist of endemic Hawaiian vascular plant taxa that are considered possibly extinct in the wild. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Technical Report #314.