Cyrtandra giffardii

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	SCROPHULARIALES	GESNERIACEAE

Scientific Name:

Cyrtandra giffardii

Species Authority:

Rock

Common Name/s:

English

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Giffard's Cyrtandra

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Endangered C2a ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

World Conservation Monitoring Centre

History:

1997

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Endangered (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Known only from the north-eastern slopes of Mauna Kea south to the eastern slopes of Mauna Loa.
Countries:	Native: United States (Hawaiian Is.)
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Population [top]

Population:	A small shrubby tree which is now known from 11 subpopulations. Estimates of the total population size lie in the region of 1,000 individuals.

Population:

A small shrubby tree which is now known from 11 subpopulations. Estimates of the total population size lie in the region of 1,000 individuals.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Montane rainforest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The species has disappeared from previously known sites and habitat damage caused by feral pigs, along with the invasion of introduced plants, continues to threaten remaining populations.

Major Threat(s):

The species has disappeared from previously known sites and habitat damage caused by feral pigs, along with the invasion of introduced plants, continues to threaten remaining populations.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Several subpopulations occur in Volcanoes National Park. The species is listed by the US Endangered Species Act.

Conservation Actions:

Several subpopulations occur in Volcanoes National Park. The species is listed by the US Endangered Species Act.

Citation:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Cyrtandra giffardii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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