- Nothocestrum peltatum
-
Oʻahu ʻaiea Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Solanales Family: Solanaceae Subfamily: Solanoideae Genus: Nothocestrum Species: N. peltatum Binomial name Nothocestrum peltatum
Skottsb.Oʻahu ʻaiea (Nothocestrum peltatum) is a species of is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family, Solanaceae, that is endemic to the island of Kauaʻi in Hawaiʻi. It can be found in mesic forests at elevations of 915–1,220 metres (3,002–4,000 ft). There are only about 23 individuals remaining.[1]
Oʻahu ʻaiea is threatened by habitat loss. It is also threatened by introduced species of plants in its habitat, such as banana poka (Passiflora tarminiana), passionfruit (Passiflora edulis), daisy fleabane (Erigeron karvinskianus) (daisy fleabane), lantana (Lantana camara), blackberry (Rubus argutus), karakanut (Corynocarpus laevigatus), and air plant (Bryophyllum pinnatum).[2]
References
- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Nothocestrum peltatum. 2011 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 June 2011.
- ^ USFWS. Nothocestrum peltatum Five-year Review. July 2009.
Categories:- IUCN Red List critically endangered species
- Trees of Hawaii
- Endemic flora of Hawaii
- Nothocestrum
- Critically endangered plants
- Solanales stubs
- Tree stubs
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
