''Melicope macropus'', the Kaholuamanu melicope, was a species of
plant in the citrus family,
Rutaceae.
It is
extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
, and was
endemic to the
Hawaiian Islands
The Hawaiian Islands ( haw, Nā Mokupuni o Hawai‘i) are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, and numerous smaller islets in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some from the island of Hawaii in the south to northernmost Kur ...
.
References
macropus
Endemic flora of Hawaii
Extinct flora of Hawaii
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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