| Melicope paniculata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Melicope |
| Species: | M. paniculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Melicope paniculata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone | |
Melicope paniculata, the Lihue melicope, [3] is a rare species of tree in the family Rutaceae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Like other Hawaiian Melicope, this species is known as alani. [4]
It is a tree that can grow up to 11 meters or 35 feet tall. Covered in soft, downy hairs that are smooth. The young branches are in a reddish-brown color. The opposite, elliptic leaves are thin and leathery, and can be up to 25 centimeters or 10 inches long. The leaves color is glossy green on the top and paler green on the bottom. Male and female flowers are in a cymose panicles up to 25 centimeters or 10 inches long. The fruit has a anise-scent. [5] The flowers can either be white or green in color. The flowers can bloom anytime in the year, under the correct circumstances. [6]
This tree was until recently thought to be extinct. [1] It was rediscovered in 1997. [7] In 2010 there were an estimated 500 individuals remaining and it was added to the endangered species list of the United States. [4] It has a global rank of G1, meaning critically imperiled, and has a local rank in Hawaii of S1, meaning the same thing. It has had a population decline of 10-30%. There is an estimated 100-250 individual plants. [8]
The tree is endemic to the island of Kauai, where it grows in wet forest habitat. [4] It can also grow in bogs. [6]
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Melicope waialealae is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae. It is commonly known as Alani wai. It is endemic to the island of Kauai in Hawaii. M. waialealae is a perennial shrub or tree that grows up to 10 ft (3.0 m) tall. It is found in small, bog hammocks.
Erythronium pluriflorum is a rare species of flowering plant in the lily family Liliaceae which is known by the common names manyflower fawn lily,golden fawn-lily, and Shuteye Peak fawn lily.
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Isodendrion laurifolium is a rare species of flowering plant in the violet family known by the common names rockcliff isodendrion and aupaka. It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known from fewer than 1000 individuals on the islands of Kauai and Oahu. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States.
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