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Euphorbia celastroides var. tomentella (Boiss.) Oudejans

Family: EUPHORBIACEAE · Variety or form of Euphorbia celastroides

Publication: Phytologia 67: 44 (1989)

Description

Euphorbia celastroides var. tomentella is (was) one of the recognised varieties of a widespread and variable species. Specimens were known only from Oahu.

Glabrous.

Origin and Habitat

Hawaiian Islands, endemic to endemic to the island of Oahu.

Habitat and ecology: Euphorbia celastroides var. tomentella is a beach plant. It has not been collected since the 1840s. It has not been found in recent decades and is now presumed extinct.

Bibliography

Major references and further lectures

  1. Bruegmann, M.M. & Caraway, V. 2003. Euphorbia celastroides var. tomentella. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 27 September 2014.

  2. Forest & Kim Starr “Euphorbia celastroides (akoko)”. Plants of Hawaii. <http://www.starrenvironmental.com\>. Web. 27 Sep. 2014.

  3. Wagner, W.; D. Herbst; S. Sohmer “Manual of the flowering plants of Hawaii.” Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press 1990

  4. National Museum of Natural History “Flora of the Hawaiian Islands” <http://botany.si.edu/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/\> Smithsonian Institution Web. 27 Sep. 20149

  5. Andrew W. Mitchell “The Fragile South Pacific: An Ecological Odyssey” University of Texas Press, 1990

6)Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota “Reports of the Survey” Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota: Botanical series, Volume 2, 1898

  1. John L. Culliney, Bruce P. Koebele “A Native Hawaiian Garden: How to Grow and Care for Island Plants” University of Hawaii Press, 1999

  2. Wikipedia contributors. “Euphorbia celastroides.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 14 May. 2014. Web. 27 Sep. 2014.