Bobea elatior var. molokaiensis :
United States (North America)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

Bobea elatior Gaudich.:
United States (North America)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

United States

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Global Range: Wagner et al. (1990) call Bobea elatior the most widespread species of this Hawaiian endemic genus. It occurs on the Napali Coast southeastward to Ha'upu Ridge, Kaua'i, on O'ahu (Ko'olau Mountains), Moloka'i, Lana'i, Maui, and is known from 2 collections from the Kohala Mountains, Hawai'i.

Kauai, Oahu (Koolaus only), Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Hawaii. (J. Lau, 2003)

Isotype for Bobea elatior var. molokaiensis Rock
Catalog Number: US 2951742
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): J. F. Rock
Year Collected: 1910
Locality: Wailau Valley., Maui, Moloka`i, Hawaii, United States, Hawaiian Archipelago, Pacific Islands

Isotype for Bobea platypes Fosberg
Catalog Number: US 2677575
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): H. St. John & R. Catto
Year Collected: 1936
Locality: Maui, Kipahulu, W ridge of Kaukaua Gulch., Maui, Hawaii, United States, Hawaiian Archipelago, Pacific Islands
Elevation (m): 793 to 793

Comments: Bobea elatior occurs in mesic valleys and mesic to wet forest at elevations between 250 and 1,100 meters (Wagner et al. 1990).

The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.


No available public DNA sequences.

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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 1
Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: N3 - Vulnerable

Rounded Global Status Rank: G3 - Vulnerable

Reasons: Bobea elatior occurs on most of the Hawaiian islands and is found within a fairly wide elevation range.

Kauai, Oahu (Koolaus only), Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Hawaii.
Rare on Hawaii Island. (J. Lau, 2003)