Melicope munroi
Species of flowering plant
Melicope munroi | |
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Conservation status | |
Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Rutaceae |
Genus: | Melicope |
Species: | M. munroi |
Binomial name | |
Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone |
Melicope munroi is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae known by the common names lanahale[2] and Munro's pelea.[1] It is endemic to Hawaii, where it is known only from the island of Lanai. It is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. Like other Hawaiian Melicope, this species is known as alani.[3]
This is a shrub which grows up to 3 meters tall with oval leaves up to 11 centimeters long by 7.5 wide. Today the plant is only found on Lanai, and it has been extirpated from Molokai.[4] It is threatened by the degradation of its habitat by deer and introduced species of plants.[1]
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