Melicope munroi

Melicope munroi
Conservation status
Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Rutaceae
Genus:	Melicope
Species:	M. munroi
Binomial name
Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone

Melicope munroi is a rare species of flowering plant in the citrus family known by the common names lanahale^[1] and Munro's pelea.^[2] It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Lanai. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. Like other Hawaiian Melicope, this species is known as alani.^[3]

This is a shrub which grows up to 3 meters tall with oval leaves up to 11 centimeters long by 7.5 wide. Today the plant is only found on Lanai, and it has been extirpated from Molokai.^[4] It is threatened by the degradation of its habitat by deer and introduced species of plants.^[2]

References

1. ^ USDA Plants Profile
2. ^ ^{a b} Melicope munroi. The Nature Conservancy.
3. ^ USFWS. Species Reports: Plants.
4. ^ USFWS. Final Endangered Status for 10 Plant Taxa From Maui Nui, HI. Federal Register September 3, 1999.