Melicope mucronulata

Melicope mucronulata is a species of plant in the family Rutaceae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. Like other Hawaiian Melicope, this species is known as alani.[2]

Melicope mucronulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Melicope
Species:
M. mucronulata
Binomial name
Melicope mucronulata

This plant has been known from the islands of Maui and Molokai. The Maui population was last seen in 1983,[3] and it is probably extinct.[1] On Molokai there are only three plants left.[3]

The last individuals of the species are threatened by the coffee twig borer (Xylosandrus compactus) and habitat degradation by feral ungulates such as Axis deer.[3]

References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Melicope mucronulata. 2010 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 May 2011.
  2. USFWS. Species Reports: Plants.
  3. USFWS. Melicope mucronulata Five-year Review. January 2008.


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