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Delissea niihauensis H. St. John

Niihau Delissea (Delissea niihauensis 

The Niihau Delissea was endemic to the island of Ni’ihau, Hawaiian Islands.  

The species is apparently only known from some specimens collected in the 19th century, it wasn’t seen since the late 1870s and is now extinct.  

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edited: 04.04.2018