Hesperomannia arborescens

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	ASTERALES	COMPOSITAE

Scientific Name:

Species Authority:

Gray

Common Name/s:

English

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Lanai Hesperomannia

Red List Category & Criteria:

Critically 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)

Range Description:	Koolau Mts., on Oahu, in Olokui Reserve on Molokai and in West Maui Reserve on Maui.
Countries:	Native: United States (Hawaiian Is.)
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Population:	In total fewer than 100 individuals exist in 14 populations.

Population:

In total fewer than 100 individuals exist in 14 populations.

Habitat and Ecology:	A small shrubby tree, occurring in scattered tiny populations on forested slopes and ridges.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	Goats threaten the Molokai population and in other areas feral pigs and invasive plants pose immediate problems.

Major Threat(s):

Goats threaten the Molokai population and in other areas feral pigs and invasive plants pose immediate problems.

Conservation Actions:	The species is listed under the US Endangered Species Act.

Conservation Actions:

The species is listed under the US Endangered Species Act.

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