Lobelia remyi
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Lobelia remyi (English names: "Grayleaf Lobelia", "Remy's Lobelia") is an extinct species ofthe bellflower family (Campanulaceae). It was endemic to the Hawaiian island of Oahu . Lobelia remyi is named after the discoverer of the species, the French naturalist and ethnologist Ezechiel Jules Remy (1826–1893). In 1919 it wasscientifically describedby Joseph Francis Rock .
description
The habitus and size of this species are unknown, but the leaves were distinctive. The woolly, hairy elliptical leaves were four to six inches long. The inflorescence was an unbranched spike and consisted of about 30 individual flowers. The size and color of the flowers are unknown. The fruits were dry capsules .
status
Lobelia remyi is only known from the type specimen that Jules Remy collected from Oʻahu between 1851 and 1855 and is now in the Paris herbarium . The exact circumstances of the extinction are not known. However, invasive plant and animal species may have played a role in the disappearance of this species.
literature
- Warren L. Wagner, Derral R. Herbst, SH Sohmer: Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i . University of Hawai'i Press, 1999.
- Walton Beacham: World Wildlife Fund Guide to Extinct Species of Modern Times , 1997. ISBN 0-9338-3340-7