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Hesperomannia lydgatei

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Species of flowering plant

Hesperomannia lydgatei
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Hesperomannia
Species: H. lydgatei
Binomial name
Hesperomannia lydgatei
Forbes

Hesperomannia lydgatei, the Kauai island-aster or Kauai hesperomannia, is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.

It is found only in Hawaii, where it is endemic to Kauai.

It is threatened by habitat loss. There are fewer than 300 individuals remaining.

References

  1. Walsh, S.; Nyberg, B.; Wood, K. (2020). "Hesperomannia lydgatei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T30929A83789167. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T30929A83789167.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. Hesperomannia lydgatei. Archived 2002-11-23 at the Wayback Machine The Nature Conservancy
Taxon identifiers
Hesperomannia lydgatei


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