Bidens wiebkei
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| Bidens wiebkei Sherff |
Wiebke's Beggarticks or Molokaʻi Koʻokoʻolau (Bidens wiebkei) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It belongs to the genus Bidens, collectively called kokoʻolau or koʻokoʻolau in the Hawaiian language. It is found only on Molokaʻi in the Hawaiian Islands.
Its natural habitat are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss due to the spread of invasive weeds, brushfires, overgrazing and human construction activity.
[edit] References
- Bruegmann, M.M. & Caraway, V. (2003). Bidens wiebkei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 20 July 2007.
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