Melicope pallida (Hillebr.) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone (1989:121)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Pelea pallida Hillebr. in Fl. Hawaiian Isl.: 68 (1888); Euodia pallida (Hillebr.) Drake in Ill. Fl. Ins. Pacif.: 133 (1890); Pelea leveillei Faurie ex H.Lév. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 442 (1912)
Conservation Status
Last record: 1970 (Stone et al., 1990:1198)
Rediscovered on: 1 April 1986 (Lorence et al., 1995:53)
Still listed as Extinct by (Humphreys et al., 2019).
Distribution
Kauai & Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Humphreys, Aelys M., Govaerts, Rafaël, Ficinski, Sarah Z., Lughadha, Eimear Nic and Vorontsova, Maria S. (2019). Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1043-1047. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0906-2 [Supplementary Dataset 1]
Imada, C. T., Wagner, Warren L. and Herbst, D. R. (1989). Checklist of native and naturalised flowering plants of Hawai'i. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 29: 1-87.
Lorence, D. H., Flynn, T. W. and Wagner, W. L. (1995). Contributions to the flora of Hawai‘i. III. New additions, range extensions, and rediscoveries of flowering plants. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 41: 19-58.
POWO. (2025). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 3 April 2025]
Stone, B. C., Wagner, Warren L. Herbst, D. R. (1990). Rutaceae, p. 1174-1216. In: Wagner, W.L., D.R. Herbst & S.H. Sohmer, Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i. University of Hawaii Press & Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu.
Wagner, Warren L., Bruegmann, Marie M., Herbst, Derral M. and Lau, Joel Q. C. (1999). Hawaiian Vascular Plants at Risk: 1999. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 60: 1-58.
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.
Wood, Kenneth R. and Perlman, S. P. (1993). Rare & endangered flora of Kalalau & Pohakuao Valley. Unpublished document prepared for Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, 14 p., Appendices A-D.