Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_coprosma_ernodeoides
Black-fruited Coprosma
Coprosma ernodeoides
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ʻaiakanene is a shrub in the Kauaʻi vascular and land plants group. Its origin status is endemic.
Kauaʻi evidence
Species identity and image source are documented. Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Coprosma ernodeoides
- Common names
- Black-fruited Coprosma
- Hawaiian names
- ʻaiakanene
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Order
- Gentianales
- Record type
- Species or taxonomic group
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Documented on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Conservation priority; formal rank not listed
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- No major occurrence uncertainty noted
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Bogs · Wet forest · Montane shrubland
- Food and resource needs
- Light, water, nutrients, and suitable soil or substrate
- Reproduction
- Viable propagules and suitable establishment conditions
- Shelter
- Suitable soil, substrate, and vegetation structure
- Growth form
- Shrub
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Pigs, weeds, climate drying
- Conservation actions
- Protect bog/wet shrubland and monitor fruiting
- Monitoring
- Protect bog/wet shrubland and monitor fruiting
- Data gaps
- Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not assessed
- Seasonal description
- ʻaiakanene is a shrub in the Kauaʻi vascular and land plants group. Its origin status is endemic.