Melicope mucronulata
| Melicope mucronulata | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Melicope |
| Species: | M. mucronulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Melicope mucronulata (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone | |
Melicope mucronulata is a species of plant in the citrus 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.[1]
This plant has been known from the islands of Maui and Molokai. The Maui population was last seen in 1983,[2] and it is probably extinct.[3] On Molokai there are only three plants left.[2]
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.[2]
References
- ↑ USFWS. Species Reports: Plants.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 USFWS. Melicope mucronulata Five-year Review. January 2008.
- ↑ World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Melicope mucronulata. 2010 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 May 2011.