Hawai'i desert-thorn (Lycium sandwicense)

Global Rank: N/A
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Solanaceae
State: HI
Nature Serve ID:
Lifeform: Shrub
Date Inducted in National Collection: 06/17/2021

Description:

Where is Hawai'i desert-thorn (Lycium sandwicense) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Hawai'i desert-thorn can be found in Hawaii

Which CPC Partners conserve Hawai'i desert-thorn (Lycium sandwicense)?

National Tropical Botanical Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 06/25/21

CPC's Plant Sponsorship Program provides long term stewardship of rare plants in our National Collection. We are so grateful for all our donors who have made the Plant Sponsorship Program so successful. We are in the process of acknowledging all our wonderful plant sponsorship donors on our website. This is a work in progress and will be updated regularly.

Conservation Actions

Dustin Wolkis

11/06/2021

On 3 November 2021, National Tropical Botanical Garden Seed lab staff collected seeds of Lycium sandwicense from Māhāʻulepū on Kauaʻi, HI. Dustin Wolkis was joined by Emily Saling, John Steinhorst, and Jeffrey Frelinger. The plants were erect to sprawling up to 0.3 m high with succulent leaves. Flowers had creamy petals with yellow center. Flowers and fruit present. Occurring on limestone sea cliffs in full sun to scatted canopy on flat to moderate slope.

Center for Plant Conservation

08/19/2021

In 2021, CPC contracted National Tropical Botanical Garden to recollect seed from a population currently held in long term orthodox seed storage as part of an IMLS-funded seed longevity experiment. The National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation will evaluate how germination tested viability and RNA Integrity of seed lots decline over time in storage.