Cyanea acuminata

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:

Cyanea acuminata

Species Authority:

(Gaudich.) Hillebr.

Common Name/s:

English

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Honolulu Cyanea

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Critically Endangered C1 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: Cyanea acuminata is endemic to the island of Oahu. It is known from 15 subpopulations, totaling less than 250 individuals. The species and its habitats are threatened by feral pigs and alien plant species.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Cyanea acuminata is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It occurs on Oahu.
Countries:	Native: United States (Hawaiian Is.)
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Population [top]

Population Trend:	Decreasing

Population Trend:

Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	A shrub 0.3-2 m tall occurring in wet forests in gulch bottoms, on gulch slopes and on ridgecrests.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The species and its habitats are threatened by feral pigs and alien plant species. Predation from rats and slugs as well as impacts from human activities are also possible threats to this species.

Major Threat(s):

The species and its habitats are threatened by feral pigs and alien plant species. Predation from rats and slugs as well as impacts from human activities are also possible threats to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species is being propagated at the Lyon Arboretum and seeds are in storage at the National Tropical Botanical Garden (G. Koob and S. Smith, pers. comms. 1997). Federally and state listed as endangered.

Conservation Actions:

This species is being propagated at the Lyon Arboretum and seeds are in storage at the National Tropical Botanical Garden (G. Koob and S. Smith, pers. comms. 1997). Federally and state listed as endangered.

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