- Melicope mucronulata
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Melicope mucronulata Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Sapindales Family: Rutaceae Genus: Melicope Species: M. mucronulata Binomial name Melicope mucronulata
(H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.StoneMelicope mucronulata is a species of plant in the citrus family, Rutaceae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. Like other Hawaiian Melicope, this species is known as alani.[1]
This plant has been known from the islands of Maui and Molokai. The Maui population was last seen in 1983,[2] and it is probably extinct.[3] On Molokai there are only three plants left.[2]
The last individuals of the species are threatened by the coffee twig borer (Xylosandrus compactus) and habitat degradation by feral ungulates such as Axis deer.[2]
References
- ^ USFWS. Species Reports: Plants.
- ^ a b c USFWS. Melicope mucronulata Five-year Review. January 2008.
- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Melicope mucronulata. 2010 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 May 2011.
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