Ochrosia kilaueaensis

Ochrosia kilaueaensis is an extinct species of flowering plant in the genus Ochrosia in Apocynaceae. Its common names include holei and Hawaii yellowwood. It was endemic to the island of Hawaiʻi. It has been collected only at Puuwaawaa and Kipuka Puaulu and has not been seen since the 1940s.[1]

Ochrosia kilaueaensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Ochrosia
Species:
O. kilaueaensis
Binomial name
Ochrosia kilaueaensis
H.St.John

References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Ochrosia kilaueaensis. 2010 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 14 June 2011.


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