Hibiscadelphus bombycinus
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The Kawaihae Hibiscadelphus (Hibiscadelphus bombycinus) was a species of flowering plant
in the Malvaceae
family. It was found only in Hawaii
. It has not been collected since 1868.
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
in the Malvaceae
Malvaceae
Malvaceae, or the mallow family, is a family of flowering plants containing over 200 genera with close to 2,300 species. Judd & al. Well known members of this family include okra, jute and cacao...
family. It was found only in Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
. It has not been collected since 1868.
Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Hibiscadelphus bombycinus. 2010 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 15 April 2011.