Hibiscus waimeae ssp. hannerae

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	MALVALES	MALVACEAE

Scientific Name:

Hibiscus waimeae ssp. hannerae

Species Authority:

(O.& I. Deg.) D. Bates

Common Name/s:

English

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White Kauai Hibiscus

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Endangered B1+2c, C2a, D 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)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Confined to Kauai, where two remaining subpopulations occur in adjacent valleys, Limahuli and Hanakapiai, on the north coast. An additional subpopulation in Kalihiwai appears to be extinct.
Countries:	Native: United States (Hawaiian Is.)
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Population [top]

Population:	After Hurricane Iniki, the subpopulation in Hanakapiai Valley was halved to about 25 plants. The second population consists of between 50 and 100 plants.

Population:

After Hurricane Iniki, the subpopulation in Hanakapiai Valley was halved to about 25 plants. The second population consists of between 50 and 100 plants.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	A rainforest tree.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The lowland rainforest habitat is frequently damaged by feral pigs and invaded by introduced plants.

Major Threat(s):

The lowland rainforest habitat is frequently damaged by feral pigs and invaded by introduced plants.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The species is listed under the US Endangered Species Act.

Conservation Actions:

The species is listed under the US Endangered Species Act.

Bibliography [top]

	Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1996. Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants; determination of endangered or threatened status for nineteen plant species from the island of Kauai, Hawaii. U.S. Federal Register 61(198): 53070-53089. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1997. Draft Kauai II: Addendum to the recovery plan for the Kauai plant cluster. Portland, Oregon: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Wagner, W., Herbst, D. and Sohmer, S. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawaii. University of Hawaii Press, Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu.

Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1996. Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants; determination of endangered or threatened status for nineteen plant species from the island of Kauai, Hawaii. U.S. Federal Register 61(198): 53070-53089.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1997. Draft Kauai II: Addendum to the recovery plan for the Kauai plant cluster. Portland, Oregon: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Wagner, W., Herbst, D. and Sohmer, S. 1990. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawaii. University of Hawaii Press, Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu.

Citation:	World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Hibiscus waimeae ssp. hannerae. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 June 2013.
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