Clermontia peleana

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	CAMPANULALES	CAMPANULACEAE

Scientific Name:

Clermontia peleana

Species Authority:

Rock

Infra-specific Taxa Assessed:

See Clermontia peleana ssp. peleana

See Clermontia peleana ssp. singuliflora

Common Name/s:

English

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Pele Clermontia

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct in the Wild ver 3.1

Year Published:

2003

Assessor/s:

Bruegmann, M.M. & Caraway, V.

Reviewer/s:

Maunder, M. (Plant Conservation Committee) & Pollock, C.M. (Red List Programme Office)

Contributor/s:

Justification:
Clermontia peleana was endemic to the islands of Hawaii and Maui. The subspecies C. p. singuliflora was last seen in 1900 and the last wild individual of C. p. peleana died in 2000. Only one individual remains in captivity.

History:

1998	–	Critically Endangered (Oldfield et al. 1998)
1998	–	Critically Endangered
1997	–	Endangered (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Found on the slopes of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa on Hawaii. A subpopulation on East Maui along with another subpopulation on the northern slope of Mauna Kea have been referred to as ssp. singulifera but both are now extinct.
Countries:	Regionally extinct: United States (Hawaiian Is.)
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Population [top]

Population:	There are four remaining subpopulations of the species, numbering no more than a few individuals.

Population:

There are four remaining subpopulations of the species, numbering no more than a few individuals.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	A shrub or tree which is epiphytic on tree ferns, Metrosideros, Acacia or Cheirodendron species, occurring in rainforest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There is evidence of damage to the habitat caused by feral pigs, rats and the illegal cultivation of cannabis.

Major Threat(s):

There is evidence of damage to the habitat caused by feral pigs, rats and the illegal cultivation of cannabis.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The species is classified as endangered by the US Endangered Species Act.

Conservation Actions:

The species is classified as endangered by the US Endangered Species Act.

Citation:	Bruegmann, M.M. & Caraway, V. 2003. Clermontia peleana. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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