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Kuawawaenohu (Alsinidendron lychnoides)

Alsinidendron lychnoides flowers closeup.

Photo Credit: Kenneth R. Wood (NTBG)

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: Federally Endangered
Family: Caryophyllaceae
State: HI
Nature Serve ID: 157372
Lifeform: Subshrub, Shrub
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Weakly climbing or sprawling subshrub

Where is Kuawawaenohu (Alsinidendron lychnoides) located in the wild?

Habitat:

Typically grows in montane wet forest

Distribution:

Island of Kauai

States & Provinces:

Kuawawaenohu can be found in Hawaii

Which CPC Partners conserve Kuawawaenohu (Alsinidendron lychnoides)?

National Tropical Botanical Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned 06/09/17

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Conservation Actions

01/01/2010

trampled by bird watchers competition from aggressive alien plant species, habitat degradation by feral pigs risk of extinction from naturally occurring events (such as landslides or hurricanes) and/or reduced reproductive vigor due to the small

01/01/2010

4-5 individuals in 1 population, unknown number in second population < 10 individuals (Kauai) the four known populations contain a total of between 50 and 100 plants