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Hibiscadelphus crucibracteatus
Hibiscadelphus crucibracteatus (lava hau kuahiwi) is an extinct species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae that was endemic to Hawaii, on the island of Lānaʻi.
The single known specimen was discovered on the Puhielelu ridge in 1981 and has since died, with collected seeds failing to germinate.
The single known specimen was discovered growing in a remnant pocket of moist native forest on an eroded, sparsely vegetated ridge on Lānaʻi's windward slopes. It was growing alongside kauila (Alphitonia ponderosa), hame (Antidesma platyphyllum), Diospyros ferrea, ʻālaʻa (Planchonella sandwichensis), ʻopiko (Pscyhotria mauiensis), lanai hala pepe (Pleomele fernaldii), ʻōhiʻa ha (Syzygium sandwicense), and āulu (Rockia sandwicensis).
Hau kuahiwi · Kauai hau kuahiwi · Kilauea hau kuahiwi · Hualalai hau kuahiwi · Stellar Hau Kuahiwi · Maui hau kuahiwi · Wood's hau kuahiwi · Hau Kuahiwi
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hibiscadelphus crucibracteatus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
