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Species

Lipochaeta perditai

Original Distribution

US, Hawaii, Ni’ihau, Kawaihoa Pt.

Extinction Data

IUCN = Extinct Listed (Probably) 1989, Hawaii Government - Extinct, Listed Extinct by WCMC 1996

Number of Specimens at Kew

2

Seed Data

3 Seeds sown at 20 °C, 3 placed in storage conditions

Specimen Type (Y/N)

Y

Kew Herbcat Barcode Number

K000518009

Collector

Harold St. John

Collector Number

23611

Date Collected

31st March 1949

Other Information

This Extinct list was originally (1997) compiled with the assistance of the Center for Plant Conservation -- Hawaii and presents the most up-to-date information for each species listed. Individuals have not been seen and habitat has been lost

Information Sources

Ayensu, E.S. and DeFilipps, R. A. (1978). Endangered and threatened plants of the united states. Smithsonian institution and World Wildlife fund. pp 204 Fosberg, F.R. and Herbst, D. (1975) Rare and Endangered Species of Hawaiian Vascular Plants. Allotonia 1: 25 Wagner, W., Herbst, D. & Sohmer, S. (1990). Manual of the flowering plants of Hawaii. University of Hawaii Press, Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu. Walter, K.S. and Gillett, H.J. (eds) (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN – The World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK, Extinct Plant Species of the World IUCN Survey and preliminary report: April 1989