Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_charpentiera_elliptica
Charpentiera elliptica
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About Charpentiera elliptica
Charpentiera elliptica is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and recorded on Kauaʻi. Tree to 6 m tall with pale yellow-brown woolly shoot tips and short stem internodes.
Kauaʻi evidence
Accepted status, Kauaʻi occurrence, nativity, growth form, and names were audited against the 2026 Smithsonian checklist and linked habit source. Scientific synonyms: Charpentiera obovata var. elliptica Hillebr..
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Charpentiera elliptica
- Other names
- Charpentiera elliptica · Charpentiera obovata var. elliptica Hillebr.
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Smithsonian checklist assessment: Apparently Secure; U.S. status: No Status
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-05
- Evidence limits
- Island-level occurrence is retained; finer locality is intentionally withheld
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Mesic native forest · Wet native forest
- Food and resource needs
- Light, water, nutrients, and suitable native-forest substrate
- Reproduction
- Viable flowers or seed and suitable establishment conditions; species-specific reproductive review remains open
- Shelter
- Suitable native vegetation structure and substrate
- Growth form
- Tree
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Species-specific threat review pending; no fine-location evidence is published in this card
- Conservation actions
- Protect native habitat and verify species-specific actions against current conservation sources
- Monitoring
- Taxonomic identity, population condition, recruitment, and locally documented pressures; exact locations withheld
- Data gaps
- Species-specific ecology and threat citations · Reproductive phenology · Fine-scale habitat information intentionally not published
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not assessed
- Seasonal description
- Charpentiera elliptica is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and recorded on Kauaʻi. Tree to 6 m tall with pale yellow-brown woolly shoot tips and short stem internodes.