Delissea lauliiana Hillebr.

Genus: Delissea

Status: Extinct. Known only from the type collected by Hillebrand but subsequently destroyed. The only extant image is that given in Rock, 1919.

Etymology: This species was named var. parvifolia of D. laciniata by Rock. When Lammers elevated it to specific rank he used the Hawaiian term lau li'i for small leaf instead of parvifolia in order to avoid confusion with the already named D. parviflora.

Range: O'ahu, southern Ko'olau Range.

Growth form: unknown.

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Sources:

• Hillebrand, 1888 (as a footnote, the small-leafed variety of D. laciniata);
• Rock, 1919 (as Delissea laciniata var. parvifolia);
• Wimmer, 1943 (as Delissea laciniata var. parvifolia);
• Wagner et al., 1990;
• Lammers, 2005.