Sabdariffa brackenridgei subsp. molokaiana (Rock ex Caum) M.M.Hanes & R.L.Barrett, 2025

Sabdariffa brackenridgei subsp. molokaiana (Rock ex Caum) M.M.Hanes & R.L.Barrett , comb. nov.

Hibiscus brackenridgei var. molokaianus Rock ex Caum, Bishop Mus. Occ. Pap. 9(5): 4–5, pl. 2, 3 (1930), (as ‘ molokaiana ’); Hibiscus brackenridgei subsp. molokaianus (Rock ex Caum) F.D.Wilson View in CoL , Brittonia 45: 278–279 (1993). Type: United States of America: Hawaii: Molokai: western Molokai, Feb. 1920, J.F.C. Rock s.n. (lecto, here designated: BISH 1010572; isolecto: BISH 1010571, BISH 1010573, BISH 1010574, BISH 1010575).

Descriptions and illustrations

Caum (1930, pp. 17–18, fig.); Roe (1961, pp. 11–12, fig. 6); Wilson (1993, pp. 278–279); Herbst and Wagner (1999, p. 23).

Typification

The collection as a whole at BISH was indicated as the type, therefore we here designate BISH 1010572 About BISH as lectotype as this sheet has been presumed to be a holotype by previous workers and has the best material and any of the sheets .

Note

This is the only member of Sabdariffa that is currently considered to be extinct (see Wood et al. 2019; Keir 2018 b; The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, see https://www.iucnredlist.org/).

Distribution

Molokai, Hawai’i, USA.