Clay's Hibiscus :: Hibiscus clayi
Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 048
On today’s show we learn about the Clay's Hibiscus, also known as Kokiʻo ʻula in Hawaiian, a critically endangered flowering plant native to Kauaʻi in the Hawaiian Islands.
- (00:05) Intro
- (02:05) Species Information
- (20:27) Citations
- (21:40) Music
- (27:46) Pledge
Research for today’s show was compiled from:
- Center for Plant Conservation – https://saveplants.org/plant-profile/?CPCNum=2257&mode=grid
- Hawaiian Department of Land and Natural Resources. Hibiscus clayi. – https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/wildlife/files/2013/09/Fact-Sheet-Hibiscus-clayi.pdf
- “Hawaiian Island Province Regional Pollinator Guide (Pollinator Guide)”. Ley, E., Buchmann, S., Kauffman, G., Jacobsen, O., Rager, M., Kwong, L., et al. (2015c). The Pollinator Partnership/North American Pollinator Protection Campaign – http://www.pollinator.org/PDFs/Guides/HawaiianIsland.EcoRegGuide.FINAL.hi-res.pdf
- IUCN – https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/30931/83801843
- Native Plants Hawaii. University of Hawaii. Daniela Dutra Elliott, Petersen Gross, Alyssa MacDonald. – http://nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Hibiscus_clayi/
- Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh – https://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/25848
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2020. “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Status reviews for 129 Species in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Hawaii, Montana, California, and Nevada.” Federal Register 85(48): 14240–14243, March 11, 2020. – https://www.fws.gov/node/5101021
- Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibiscus_clayi
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