Melicope mucronulata

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Melicope mucronulata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Melicope
Species:
M. mucronulata
Binomial name
Melicope mucronulata

Melicope mucronulata is a species of plant in the family Rutaceae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. Like other Hawaiian Melicope, this species is known as alani. [2]

This plant has been known from the islands of Maui and Molokai. The Maui population was last seen in 1983, [3] and it is probably extinct. [1] On Molokai there are only three plants left. [3]

The last individuals of the species are threatened by the coffee twig borer (Xylosandrus compactus) and habitat degradation by feral ungulates such as Axis deer. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Melicope mucronulata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1998: e.T33672A9801758. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T33672A9801758.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. USFWS. Species Reports: Plants.
  3. 1 2 3 USFWS. Melicope mucronulata Five-year Review. January 2008.