Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_nothocestrum_peltatum
Kauaʻi ʻAiea
Nothocestrum peltatum
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About Kauaʻi ʻAiea
Kauaʻi ʻAiea (Nothocestrum peltatum) is a tree recorded on Kauaʻi. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
Kauaʻi evidence
Accepted status, Kauaʻi occurrence, nativity, growth form, and names were audited against the 2026 Smithsonian checklist and linked habit source. Scientific synonyms: Nothocestrum inconcinnum H. St. John.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Nothocestrum peltatum
- Hawaiian names
- ʻAiea
- Other names
- Nothocestrum peltatum · Kauaʻi ʻAiea · ʻAiea · Nothocestrum inconcinnum H. St. John
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Smithsonian checklist assessment: Endangered; U.S. status: Endangered
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-05
- Evidence limits
- Island-level occurrence is retained; finer locality is intentionally withheld
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Diverse mesic forest · Mesic forest
- Food and resource needs
- Light, water, nutrients, and suitable habitat 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
- Kauaʻi ʻAiea (Nothocestrum peltatum) is a tree recorded on Kauaʻi. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.