Melicope haupuensis

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	SAPINDALES	RUTACEAE

Scientific Name:	Melicope haupuensis
Species Authority:	(St. John) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone

Red List Category & Criteria:

Critically Endangered B1+2c, C2b ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

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Endangered (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Range Description:	Originally known only from the type locality on the north side of Haupu, on Kauai, the species has now been found in Waimea Canyon.
Countries:	Native: United States (Hawaiian Is.)
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Population:	The first subpopulation no longer exists and at the second site there are two trees 1.6 km apart.

Population:

The first subpopulation no longer exists and at the second site there are two trees 1.6 km apart.

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	The habitat is frequently degraded by feral goats and the invasion of alien plants.

Major Threat(s):

The habitat is frequently degraded by feral goats and the invasion of alien plants.

Conservation Actions:	The species is listed in the annex of the US Endangered Species Act.

Conservation Actions:

The species is listed in the annex of the US Endangered Species Act.

Citation:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Melicope haupuensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 May 2013.
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