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Scaevola coriacea

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|name = Dwarf naupaka

|status = LE

|status_system = ESA

|image = Starr 050525-1963 Scaevola coriacea.jpg

|genus = Scaevola (plant)

|species = coriacea

|authority = Nutt., 1842{{GRIN | access-date=21 November 2009}}

|synonyms = Lobelia coriacea Kuntze

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Scaevola coriacea, the dwarf naupaka,{{PLANTS|id=SCCO7|taxon=Scaevola coriacea|access-date=6 November 2015}} is one of the ten Scaevolas (flowering plants in the Goodenia family, Goodeniaceae), that are endemic to Hawaii.{{Cite web|url=https://hawaiioirc.org/|title=Hawaiioirc.org {{!}} Offshore Islet Restoration Committee (Hawaii): Plants|language=en-US|access-date=24 July 2019|archive-date=24 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724203802/https://hawaiioirc.org/|url-status=live}}

It was first described in 1842 by Thomas Nuttall, and its specific epithet, coriacea, derives from the Latin, corium, which means leather, and describes the tough, thick, leathery leaves.{{Cite web|url=http://www.plantillustrations.org/epithet.php?id_epithet=211080&mobile=0|title=coriaceus,-a,-um|website=www.plantillustrations.org|access-date=25 July 2019|archive-date=23 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923022640/http://www.plantillustrations.org/epithet.php?id_epithet=211080&mobile=0|url-status=live}}

Description

Dwarf naupaka is a low, flat-lying perennial herb. Its older stems are somewhat woody, and the succulent leaves are oval-shaped, relatively far apart, and smooth or somewhat scaly with rounded tips. Flowers occur in branched inflorescences from the point of leaf attachment in groups of one to three.{{cite web |url=http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/collection/CPC_ViewProfile.asp?CPCNum=3835 |title=Scaevola coriacea |work=CPC National Collection Plant Profiles |publisher=Center for Plant Conservation |date=2008-01-29 |access-date=21 November 2009 |archive-date=2010-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027142335/http://centerforplantconservation.org/Collection/CPC_ViewProfile.asp?CPCNum=3835 |url-status=live }}

Conservation

Today, dwarf naupaka exists only on Maui and two offshore islets. Historically, it could be found on six islands. The total population is less than 300 plants, making dwarf naupaka an endangered species.

References

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Nuttall, T. (1842) [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35957518 Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 2, 8: 253] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724232915/https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35957518 |date=2019-07-24 }} Retrieved 24 July 2019.

{{Cite web|url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:384175-1|title=Scaevola coriacea Nutt. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science|website=Plants of the World Online|access-date=25 July 2019|archive-date=24 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724212003/http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:384175-1|url-status=live}}

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coriacea

Category:Biota of Maui

Category:Endemic flora of Hawaii

Category:Plants described in 1842

Category:Taxa named by Thomas Nuttall

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