Melicope quadrangularis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Sapindales
- Family
- Rutaceae
- Genus
- Melicope
- Species
- Melicope quadrangularis
- Scientific Name
- Melicope quadrangularis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Melicope quadrangularis
Melicope quadrangularis, also called four angle melicope or four-angled pelea, is a species of plant in the family Rutaceae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, where it is known only from the island of Kauai. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The type specimen of this species was collected in 1909. The plant was not seen again, and was presumed extinct, until 1991 when it was rediscovered. At that time there were 13 plants counted. This population had disappeared by 1998 and was likely destroyed in Hurricane Iniki. By 2010 no additional plants had been discovered, there are none growing in cultivation, and there are no seeds in storage. However, there may be specimens still alive in unsurveyed areas.
...Melicope quadrangularis in languages:
- English
- Four-angled Pelea
Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Melicope aberrans
- Melicope adscendens
- Melicope aequata
- Melicope affinis
- Melicope albiflora
- Melicope alpestris
- Melicope aneura
- Melicope anisata
- Melicope anomala
- Melicope bakeri
- Melicope balankazo
- Melicope balgooyi
- Melicope balloui
- Melicope barbigera
- Melicope belahe
- Melicope blancoi
- Melicope bonwickii
- Melicope borbonica
- Melicope boweriana
- Melicope brassii
- Melicope broadbentiana
- Melicope buennemeijeri
- Melicope burmahia
- Melicope burttiana
- Melicope buwaldae
- Melicope calycina
- Melicope capillacea
- Melicope carrii
- Melicope celebica
- Melicope chapelieri
- Melicope christophersenii
- Melicope chunii
- Melicope cinerea
- Melicope clemensiae
- Melicope clusiifolia
- Melicope contermina
- Melicope coodeana
- Melicope corneri
- Melicope cornuta
- Melicope crassifolia
- Melicope cruciata
- Melicope cucullata
- Melicope degeneri
- Melicope denhamii
- Melicope dicksoniana
- Melicope discolor
- Melicope durifolia
- Melicope elleryana
- Melicope elliptica
- Melicope erromangensis
- Melicope evansensis
- Melicope exuta
- Melicope fatraina
- Melicope fatuhivensis
- Melicope feddei
- Melicope fellii
- Melicope flaviflora
- Melicope floribunda
- Melicope forbesii
- Melicope fulva
- Melicope glabella
- Melicope glaberrima
- Melicope glabra
- Melicope goilalensis
- Melicope haleakalae
- Melicope haupuensis
- Melicope hawaiensis
- Melicope hayesii
- Melicope hiepkoi
- Melicope hiiakae
- Melicope hivaoaensis
- Melicope hookeri
- Melicope hosakae
- Melicope idiocarpa
- Melicope improvisa
- Melicope incana
- Melicope indica
- Melicope inopinata
- Melicope irifica
- Melicope jonesii
- Melicope jugosa
- Melicope kaalaensis
- Melicope kainantuensis
- Melicope kavaiensis
- Melicope kjellbergii
- Melicope knudsenii
- Melicope laevis
- Melicope lamii
- Melicope lasioneura
- Melicope leptococca
- Melicope littoralis
- Melicope longior
- Melicope lunu-ankenda
- Melicope lydgatei
- Melicope macgregorii
- Melicope macrocarpa
- Melicope macrophylla
- Melicope macropus
- Melicope madagascariensis
- Melicope magnifolia
- Melicope makahae
- Melicope maliliensis
- Melicope margaretae
- Melicope maxii
- Melicope megastigma
- Melicope micrococca
- Melicope mindorensis
- Melicope molokaiensis
- Melicope moluccana
- Melicope montana
- Melicope mucronata
- Melicope mucronulata
- Melicope munroi
- Melicope nealae
- Melicope neglecta
- Melicope nishimurae
- Melicope novoguineensis
- Melicope nubicola
- Melicope nukuhivensis
- Melicope oahuensis
- Melicope oblanceolata
- Melicope obovata
- Melicope obscura
- Melicope obtusifolia
- Melicope oppenheimeri
- Melicope orbicularis
- Melicope ovalis
- Melicope ovata
- Melicope pachyphylla
- Melicope pahangensis
- Melicope palawensis
- Melicope pallida
- Melicope paniculata
- Melicope patulinervia
- Melicope pauciflora
- Melicope pedicellata
- Melicope peduncularis
- Melicope pendula
- Melicope peninsularis
- Melicope perlmanii
- Melicope perryae
- Melicope petiolaris
- Melicope polybotrya
- Melicope ponapensis
- Melicope pseudoanisata
- Melicope pteleifolia
- Melicope puberula
- Melicope pubifolia
- Melicope quadrangularis
- Melicope quadrilocularis
- Melicope radiata
- Melicope ramuliflora
- Melicope reflexa
- Melicope remyi
- Melicope reticulata
- Melicope revoluta
- Melicope richii
- Melicope ridsdalei
- Melicope rigoensis
- Melicope robbinsii
- Melicope robusta
- Melicope rostrata
- Melicope rotundifolia
- Melicope rubra
- Melicope saint-johnii
- Melicope sambiranensis
- Melicope sandwicensis
- Melicope savaiensis
- Melicope segregis
- Melicope semecarpifolia
- Melicope sessilis
- Melicope simplex
- Melicope sororia
- Melicope spathulata
- Melicope steenisii
- Melicope stellulata
- Melicope sterrophylla
- Melicope stonei
- Melicope suberosa
- Melicope subunifoliolata
- Melicope sudestica
- Melicope sulcata
- Melicope tahitensis
- Melicope taveuniensis
- Melicope tekaoensis
- Melicope ternata
- Melicope timorensis
- Melicope trachycarpa
- Melicope trichantha
- Melicope triphylla
- Melicope tsaratananensis
- Melicope vatiana
- Melicope versteeghii
- Melicope vinkii
- Melicope vitiflora
- Melicope volcanica
- Melicope waialealae
- Melicope wailauensis
- Melicope wawraeana
- Melicope woitapensis
- Melicope xanthoxyloides
- Melicope zahlbruckneri
- Melicope ×mantellii