Biology:Lebronnecia
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Short description: Genus of shrubs
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Malvoideae |
| Tribe: | Gossypieae |
| Genus: | Lebronnecia Fosberg & Sachet (1966)[3] |
| Species: | L. kokioides
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| Lebronnecia kokioides Fosberg & Sachet (1966)[2]
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Lebronnecia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae.[4] The sole species is Lebronnecia kokioides, a very rare flowering shrub.
Distribution
Only a few hundred specimens are known to exist. The plant was first described in 1966, after a single tree with a few seedlings was discovered on Tahuata, an island in the Marquesas group of French Polynesia that had been severely deforested by livestock: cattle, goats, horses, and pigs.
Further specimens were later found on the nearby island of Mohotani, uninhabited by humans, but similarly deforested by sheep, who seem to avoid eating the plant.[5]
It is now being cultivated in Hawaii.[6]
References
- ↑ Florence, J. (1998). "Lebronnecia kokioides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998: e.T30398A9537122. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T30398A9537122.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/30398/9537122. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ "Lebronnecia kokioides". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew). http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2494195. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ↑ "genus Lebronnecia". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) online database. https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=6584.
- ↑ Wendel, J. F., Brubaker, C. L., & Seelanan, T. (2010). The origin and evolution of Gossypium. In: Physiology of Cotton (pp. 1-18). Springer Netherlands.
- ↑ "Hibiscus & Malvaceae: Cultivation, Conservation, Education: Lebronnecia kokioides". http://hibiscus-malvaceae.blogspot.com/2008/05/lebronnecia-kokioides.html.
- ↑ Keoki & Yuko Stender. "MarinelifePhotography.com: Plants: Malvaceae". http://www.marinelifephotography.com/flowers/malvaceae/malvaceae.htm.
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