Slender Cyrtandra (Cyrtandra gracilis)

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Endangered
Family: Gesneriaceae
State: HI
Nature Serve ID: 159290
Lifeform: Shrub
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

This member of the African violet family has small white glands on its leaves and white flowers. The berries is produces are also white.

Where is Slender Cyrtandra (Cyrtandra gracilis) located in the wild?

Habitat:

This endemic shrub is found in woodland forest habitats.

Distribution:

C. gracilis is found in the Ko`olau Mountains, but historically, this shrub was found throughout the Palolo Valley, Konahuinui Gulch, and Manoa Valley.

States & Provinces:

Slender Cyrtandra can be found in Hawaii

Which CPC Partners conserve Slender Cyrtandra (Cyrtandra gracilis)?

Harold L. Lyon Arboretum

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

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Conservation Actions

Clarice Mendoza

09/14/2017

Ecological threats to this shrub include habitat degradation by feral ungulates and direct competition with introduced alien plants, especially soapbush.

Clarice Mendoza

09/14/2017

Possibly extinct today, the last observation of this shrub occurred in 2008 at 6 to 8 remaining individuals. It's unknown how many exist in this shrub's native range today.