Delissea fauriei H.Lév.

Genus: Delissea

Range: Moloka'i, cliffs. USGS Map not available.

Growth form: Shrub, 1.2-1.5 m tall.

First described by Léveillé in 1913 from a specimen collected by Abbé Fauriei in 1910. This specimen, the only one ever known of this plant, had been lost for nearly a 100 years, before it showed up in a loan from the Paris Herbarium to Lammers in 2001. Lammers confirmed that it was indeed a Delissea and resurrected the name from synonymy.

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Sources:

• Léveillé, 1913;
• Rock, 1919 (under doubtful species);
• Wimmer, 1943 (under doubtful species);
• See comment in Wagner et al., 1990 under Cyanea fauriei;
• Lammers, 2005;