(Labordia lorenceana)

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Endangered
Family: Loganiaceae
State: HI
Nature Serve ID: 935209
Lifeform: Tree, Shrub
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

This small tree species has glossy green leaves and minute, fleshy green flowers. They can grow moderately tall and produce green capsule fruits that brown at maturity. Only one population has been observed in 2007.

Where is (Labordia lorenceana) located in the wild?

Habitat:

Preferred environments of this Labordia species consists of slopes and lower drainage banks in montane mesic forests. Soils are characterized as brown granular soil with basalt talus remnants, often covered in a layer of leaf litter. It has only been observed in high elevations around 1,050 meters.

Distribution:

Collections of these species have only been made off the Hawaiian island of Kaua`i, specifically the upper Kawai`iki Valley of the Na Pali-Kona Forest Reserve.

States & Provinces:

can be found in Hawaii

Which CPC Partners conserve (Labordia lorenceana)?

Harold L. Lyon Arboretum

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

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Conservation Actions

Clarice Mendoza

09/07/2017

Efforts to protect the existing one population of this species has been made by the Plant Extinction Prevention Program of the State of Hawai`i. Actions include out-planting seedlings in a fenced area, where staff can prevent damage from invasive species and possible predation.

Clarice Mendoza

09/07/2017

Only four wild individuals were observed from one population on Kaua`i in 2007.

Clarice Mendoza

09/07/2017

Ecological threats mainly include direct competition with introduced plant species such as sawtooth blackberry shrubs, wild passionfruit vines, wild guava trees, common sage shrubs, and silky oak trees. Additional threats include habitat degradation from non-native goats and pigs as well as unmanaged fires, heavy droughts and infestations of twig borers.