Exocarpos gaudichaudii
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Exocarpos gaudichaudii (also called Gaudichaud's Exocarpus or Hulumoa) is a species of plant
in the Santalaceae
family. It is endemic to Hawaii
. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in the Santalaceae
Santalaceae
Santalaceae is a widely distributed family of flowering plants which, like other members of Santalales, are partially parasitic on other plants...
family. It is endemic to 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 is threatened by habitat loss.
Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Exocarpos gaudichaudii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 August 2007.