Kokia kauaiensis
| Kauaʻi Kokiʻo | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Kokia |
| Species: | K. kauaiensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Kokia kauaiensis | |
Kokia kauaiensis, the Kauai treecotton[2] or Kauaʻi Kokiʻo, is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae, that is endemic to Kauaʻi, Hawaii.
It inhabits
Pouteria sandwicensis), aʻiaʻi (Streblus pendulinus), alaheʻe (Psydrax odorata), uluhe (Dicranopteris linearis), aloalo (Hibiscus spp.), mēhamehame (Flueggea neowawraea), alani (Melicope spp.), palapalai lau liʻi (Asplenium laciniatum), ʻoheʻohe (Tetraplasandra spp.), ʻakoko (Euphorbia celastroides), nehe (Lipochaeta spp),[3] ʻaʻaliʻi (Dodonaea viscosa), ʻiliahi (Santalum spp.), poʻolā (Claoxylon sandwicense), and ʻōhiʻa lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha
).
Kauaʻi Kokiʻo is a small
habitat loss.[4]
Today there are about 45 or 50 individuals remaining.[5] At one point there was only a single tree remaining.[1]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ a b USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Kokia kauaiensis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
- ISBN 1-56647-057-9.
- ^ "Kokia kauaiensis". CPC National Collection Plant Profiles. Center for Plant Conservation. 2010-03-04. Archived from the original on 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2011-04-21.
- ^ USFWS. Kokia kauaiensis Five-year Review. August 2010.
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