(Primulaceae), a distinctive new shrub species from Kaua'i, Hawaiian Islands.

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Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 166, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History Washington United States of America.

Published: June 2024

Lorence & K.R.Wood (Primulaceae), a new single-island endemic shrub species from Kaua'i, Hawaiian Islands, is described and illustrated. Notes on its distribution, ecology and conservation status are included. The new species is known from an area with ca. 45 individuals, where it is restricted to the remote central windward region of Kaua'i in open bogs and along open windy ridges. Suggested IUCN Red List status is CR (Critically Endangered). It differs from its Kaua'i congeners by its longer petals and narrowly elliptic leaves with strongly undulate margins and tendril-like apex. Phylogenetic analysis using RADseq data supports the recognition of this new species.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11208777PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.243.123694DOI Listing

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