Urera kaalae

Urera kaalae, opuhe,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family, Urticaceae, that is endemic to the island of Oʻahu in Hawaii. It inhabits slopes and gulches in mesic forests at elevations of 300–760 m (980–2,490 ft).[3] Currently it is restricted to the southern and central parts of the Waiʻanae Mountains. Associated plants include maile (Alyxia oliviformis), hame (Antidesma platyphyllum), Asplenium kaulfusii, Athyrium spp., ʻāwikiwiki (Canavalia spp.), pāpala (Charpentiera spp.), ʻakoko (Euphorbia spp.), poʻolā (Claoxylon sandwicense), ēlama (Diospyros hillebrandii), Doryopteris spp., ʻieʻi.e. (Freycinetia arborea), manono (Hedyotis acuminata), Hibiscus spp., olopua (Nestegis sandwicensis), māmaki (Pipturus albidus), hala pepe (Pleomele spp.), ʻālaʻa (Pouteria sandwicensis), kōpiko (Psychotria spp.), heuhiuhi (Senna gaudichaudii), aʻiaʻi (Streblus pendulinus), ōpuhe (Urera glabra), and maua (Xylosma hawaiiense). It is threatened by habitat loss.[4]

Urera kaalae
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Urticaceae
Genus:	Urera
Species:	U. kaalae
Binomial name
Urera kaalae Wawra

References

1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Urera kaalae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.
2. "Urera kaalae". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
3. "opuhe, hopue (A. glabra), hona (U. glabra)". Hawaii Ethnobotany Online Database. Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Archived from the original on 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2009-11-23.
4. "Opuhe Urera kaalae" (PDF). Hawaii's Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy. State of Hawaii. Retrieved 2010-03-01.