(Polyscias lydgatei)

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Endangered
Family: Araliaceae
State: HI
Nature Serve ID: 871684
Lifeform: Tree
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

This member of the ivy family has flowers that range from pink, green, and yellow in color, that eventually mature into small, beaked fruits.

Where is (Polyscias lydgatei) located in the wild?

Habitat:

This ivy species prefers habitats of mesic to wet climates, with full to partial sun.

Distribution:

It grows in the Ko'olau Mountain Range naturally, but a subpopulation has been planted in a fenced area of the Kulepeamoa Ridge in an effort to conserve this rare species.

States & Provinces:

can be found in Hawaii

Which CPC Partners conserve (Polyscias lydgatei)?

Harold L. Lyon Arboretum

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

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(Polyscias lydgatei) Characteristics

Nomenclature

Taxon	Polyscias lydgatei
Authority	(Hillebr.) Lowry & G.M.Plunkett
Family	Araliaceae
CPC Number	44892
ITIS
USDA
Duration	Perennial
Common Names	`Ohe mauka
Associated Scientific Names	Tetraplasandra lydgatei \| Triplasandra lydgatei \| Tetraplasandra lydgatei var. brachypoda \| Tetraplasandra lydgatei var. coriacea \| Tetraplasandra lydgatei var. forbesii \| Tetraplasandra lydgatei var. leptorachis \| Polyscias lydgatei
Distribution	It grows in the Ko'olau Mountain Range naturally, but a subpopulation has been planted in a fenced area of the Kulepeamoa Ridge in an effort to conserve this rare species.

State Rank

State	State Rank
Hawaii	SNR

Ecological Relationships

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