Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_scaevola_gaudichaudiana
Mountain naupaka
Scaevola gaudichaudiana
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About Mountain naupaka
Mountain naupaka (Scaevola gaudichaudiana) is a tree; shrub 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: Scaevola chamissoniana var. pubescens (Nutt.) Krause; Scaevola ciliata G. Don; Scaevola gaudichaudiana var. kauaiensis Skottsb.; Scaevola gaudichaudiana f. leucocarpa Skottsb.; Scaevola gaudichaudiana var. stenolithos Skottsb.; Scaevola gaudichaudii var. dentata Krause; Scaevola ligustrifolia Nutt.; Scaevola pubescens Nutt.; Scaevola skottsbergii H. St. John; Temminckia ciliata (G. Don) de Vriese.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Scaevola gaudichaudiana
- Common names
- Mountain naupaka
- Hawaiian names
- Naupaka · Naupaka kuahiwi
- Other names
- Scaevola gaudichaudiana · Mountain naupaka · naupaka · naupaka kuahiwi · Scaevola chamissoniana var. pubescens (Nutt.) Krause · Scaevola ciliata G. Don · Scaevola gaudichaudiana var. kauaiensis Skottsb. · Scaevola gaudichaudiana f. leucocarpa Skottsb. · Scaevola gaudichaudiana var. stenolithos Skottsb. · Scaevola gaudichaudii var. dentata Krause · Scaevola ligustrifolia Nutt. · Scaevola pubescens Nutt. · Scaevola skottsbergii H. St. John · Temminckia ciliata (G. Don) de Vriese
- 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
- Wet forest · Wet shrubland · Bog margins
- 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; Shrub
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
- Mountain naupaka (Scaevola gaudichaudiana) is a tree; shrub recorded on Kauaʻi. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.