Tag Archives: Delissea

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

Delissea fallax Hillebr.

Deceptive Delissea (Delissea fallax)

This species, described in 1888, was restricted to few small populations on the windward slopes of Mauna Kea in northern Hawai’i, Hawaiian Islands.

The species was last collected sometimes prior to 1872. [1]

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References:

[1] Thomas G. Lammers: Revision of Delissea (Campanulaceae-Lobelioideae). Systematic botany Monographs 73: 1-75. 2005

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edited: 18.04.2019

Delissea laciniata Hillebr.

Torn-leaved Delissea (Delissea laciniata)  

The Torn-leaved Delissea was endemic to a place named Wailupe in the Ko’olau Mounatins of O’ahu, Hawaiian Islands.  

The species disappeared due to habitat loss caused by cattle farmers that destroyed whole forests for the benefit of their business.  

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Photo from: ‘Joseph F. Rock: A monographic study of the Hawaiian species of the tribe Lobelioideae, Family Campanulaceae. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History 7: 1-394. 1918’  

(public domain) 

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edited: 21.03.2018

Delissea lauliiana Lammers

Small-leaved Delissea (Delissea lauliiana)  

The Small-leaved Delissea was described in 1919, it was originally described as a variety of another species, the Fringed Delissea (Delissea laciniata Hillebr.), but differs from that species by its much smaller leaves.  

The species occurred in the Wailupe Valley in the Ko’olau Mountains on the island of O’ahu, Hawaiian Islands. [1]  

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The Small-leaved Delissea is said to have been last seen in 1872.  

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References:  

[1] Joseph F. Rock: A monographic study of the Hawaiian species of the tribe Lobelioideae, Family Campanulaceae. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History 7: 1-394. 1918  

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Photo from: ‘Joseph F. Rock: A monographic study of the Hawaiian species of the tribe Lobelioideae, Family Campanulaceae. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History 7: 1-394. 1918’

(public domain)

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edited: 04.04.2018