Neraudia ovata

Big Island Maʻoloa
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Urticaceae
Genus:	Neraudia
Species:	N. ovata
Binomial name
Neraudia ovata Gaudich.

Neraudia ovata, commonly known as Big Island Maʻoloa, is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family, Urticaceae, that is endemic to the Big Island of Hawaii. It inhabits dry forests growing on lava flows in the island's Kona District. Big Island Maʻoloa is a sprawling shrub with stems 1–3 m (3.3–9.8 ft) long.^[2] It is threatened by habitat loss. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. There are no more than 18 mature individuals persisting in natural populations, and some individuals which have been planted in appropriate habitat.^[3]

References

1. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Neraudia ovata. 2010 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 8 June 2011.
2. ^ "Neraudia ovata Maʻoloa". Hawaiʻi Biodiversity & Mapping Program. University of Hawaiʻi. http://hbmp.hawaii.edu/hbmp/printpage.asp?spp=PDURT05060. Retrieved 2009-11-14. 
3. ^ USFWS. Neraudia ovata Five-year Review. January 2008.