Trematolobelia rockii H.St.John

Genus: Trematolobelia

Status: Extinct

Range: Moloka'i. USGS maps include this species with T. macrostachys.

Growth form: Treelet, 1.2-2.1 m tall.

Etymology: rockii refers to Joseph Rock.

This species is known only from the type specimen collected by Rock in 1910. It is very similar to T. macrostachys, but are spring-summer flowering (April-May) whereas T. macrostachys are summer-autumn flowering (July-November).

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Sources:

• Rock, 1919 (as T. macrostachys, specimen from Moloka'i with flowerbuds in April.)
• H.St.John, 1983;
• Wagner et al., 1990 (pro parte T. macrostachys, specimen from Moloka'i with flowerbuds in April.);
• Lammers, 2009.