Alsinidendron trinerve

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	CARYOPHYLLALES	CARYOPHYLLACEAE

Scientific Name:

Alsinidendron trinerve

Species Authority:

H.mann

Common Name/s:

English

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Three Nerved Alsinidendron

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Critically Endangered D ver 3.1
Year Assessed:	2003
Assessor/s:	Bruegmann, M.M. & Caraway, V.
Reviewer/s:	Maunder, M. (Plant Conservation Committee) & Dickinson, T. (Red List Programme Office)
Justification: Endemic to the Waianae mountains of Oahu. A. trinerve has been recorded from three subpopulations, with a combined population size of 63 plants. Less than fifty mature individuals exist within the current population. A continuing decline of this population has been noted.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Narrowly endemic to two adjacent peaks in the northern Waianae Mountains of Oahu. A. trinerve has been recorded from three subpopulations, with a combined population size of 63 plants. Less than fifty mature individuals exist within the current population.
Countries:	Native: United States (Hawaiian Is.)

Population [top]

Population Trend:	Decreasing

Population Trend:

Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	A subshrub found on slopes in wet forests or the wetter portions of diverse mesic forest, 900 to 1,230 meters.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Threats to A. trinerve include, invasion of habitat by the Florida prickly blackberry, habitat degradation by feral goats and pigs. Trampling and collecting of A. trinerve by humans may also contribute to the decline of the population.

Major Threat(s):

Threats to A. trinerve include, invasion of habitat by the Florida prickly blackberry, habitat degradation by feral goats and pigs. Trampling and collecting of A. trinerve by humans may also contribute to the decline of the population.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Listed as Endangered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Conservation Actions:

Listed as Endangered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Bibliography [top]

	IUCN. 2003. 2003 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 18 November 2003. NatureServe. 2003. NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life [web application]. Version 1.8. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. (Accessed: October 20, 2003). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2003. Rare plant database. Unpublished. Wagner, W., Herbst, D. and Sohmer S. 1999. Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Special Publication 91: 1-1918.

IUCN. 2003. 2003 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 18 November 2003.

NatureServe. 2003. NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life [web application]. Version 1.8. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. (Accessed: October 20, 2003).

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2003. Rare plant database. Unpublished.

Wagner, W., Herbst, D. and Sohmer S. 1999. Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Special Publication 91: 1-1918.

Citation:	Bruegmann, M.M. & Caraway, V. 2003. Alsinidendron trinerve. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012.
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