Hibiscadelphus bombycinus
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| PLANTAE |
TRACHEOPHYTA |
MAGNOLIOPSIDA |
MALVALES |
MALVACEAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Hibiscadelphus bombycinus |
| Species Authority: |
Forbes |
Common Name/s:
| English |
– |
Kawaihae Hibiscadelphus |
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Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Extinct
ver 2.3
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| Year Published: |
1998 |
| Annotations: |
Needs updating
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| Assessor/s: |
World Conservation Monitoring Centre |
| Reviewer/s: |
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| Contributor/s: |
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| History: |
| 1997 |
– |
Endangered
(Walter and Gillett 1998)
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Geographic Range
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| Range Description: |
It was thought to occur in rainforest at Kawaihae on Hawaii. The genus is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and is known from species which are either Extinct or Critically Endangered. |
| Countries: |
Regionally extinct: United States (Hawaiian Is.) |
| Range Map: |
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Population
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| Population: |
Collected just once before 1868, the species is now presumed extinct.
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Habitat and Ecology
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