Delissea takeuchii Lammers

Genus: Delissea

Status: Presumed Extinct, the last specimen was collected in 1987.

Range: O'ahu, Wai'anae range, wet to mesic forest, 550-640 m. See USGS map of D. subcordata which includes this species.

Growth form: Shrub, 1.8-1.9 m tall.

Prior to Lammers, 2005, Delissea subcordata was more widely circumscribed and included the specimens that have been now transferred to D. waianaeensis and D. takeuchii. This split falls geographically with D. subcordata (both subspecies) having been found in the Ko'olau Range and the other two species both endemic to the Wai'anae Range.

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Sources:

• Lammers, 2005;