CPC National Collection Plant Profile
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CPC National Collection Plant Profile
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Vicia menziesii
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Vicia menziesii is Fully Sponsored |
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Primary
custodian for this plant in the CPC National Collection of Endangered
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Nellie Sugii contributed to this Plant Profile. |
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Vicia menziesii is a vine that grows on the eastern slopes of Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea on the Island of Hawai`i. Its extensive branching system typically climbs into the subcanopy of the forest and can reach lengths of up to 60 feet. Each vine is known to produce more than 200 pinkish-rose flowers that gracefully hang from a thin, green stalk. Vicia menziesii is severely threatened by land development and aggressive exotic plants. It was the first Hawaiian plant to be listed as an endangered species (USFWS 1978a).
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References |
Wagner, W.L.; Bruegmann, M.M.; Herbst, D.R; Lau, J.Q.C. 1999. Hawaiian Vascular Plants at Risk: 1999. Honolulu, HI: Bishop Museum Press Honolulu. |
Wagner, W.L.; Herbst, D.R.; Sohmer, S.H. 1999. Manual of the flowering plants of Hawai'i--Revised Edition. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press and Bishop Museum Press. 1853p. |
WWF. 1990. The official World Wildlife Fund (WWF) guide to endangered species of North America. Washington, D.C.: Beacham Publishing. 1180p. |
Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the U.S., Canada, and Greenland. In: Kartesz, J.T.; Meacham, C.A., editors. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden. Chapel Hill, NC. |
(2002). Hawaiian Native Plant Genera. ¬ Gerald D. Carr, University of Hawaii Botany Department. http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/carr/natives.htm. Accessed: 2002. |
ESIS. (1998). Endangered Species System (ESIS): Fish and Wildlife Exchange. [Web site;] Virginia Tech. http://fwie.fw.vt.edu/WWW/esis/. Accessed: 2002. |
Sylva, R. Saving the Endangered Species of Hawaii. Maui Historical Society. http://www.mauimuseum.org/plants-sylva.htm. Accessed: 2002. |
1992. Bishop Estate Logging Destroys Endangered Vetch. Environment Hawai`i. 2, 9 |
Lassetter, J.S.; Gunn, C.R. 1979. Vicia-menziesii Fabaceae rediscovered its taxonomic relationships. Pacific Science. 33, 1: 85-102. |
Ralph, C.J.; Pearson, A.P.; Phillips, D.C. 1980. Life history of the endangered Hawaiian vetch Vicia-menziesii fabaceae and its use by birds. Pacific Science. 34, 2: 83-92. |
USFWS. 1978. Determination that 11 plant taxa are endangered species and 2 plant taxa are threatened species. Federal Register. 43, 81: 17910-17916. |
USFWS. 1978. Furbish Lousewort Among 13 Plant Taxa Newly Listed by Service for Protection. Endangered Species Technical Bulletin. 3, 5: 1, 7-8. |
USFWS. 1979. Stamps commemorate endangered flora. Endangered Species Technical Bulletin. 9, 5: 1. |
Warshauer, F.R.; Jacobi, J.D. 1982. Distribution and Status of Vicia menziesii Spreng. (Leguminosae): Hawai'i's First Officially Listed Endangered Plant Species. Biological Conservation. 23: 111-126. |
USFWS. 1984. Vicia menziesii recovery plan. Portland, Oregon: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. |
USFWS. 2001. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species List. March 30, 2000. Honolulu: Unpublished. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. p.19. |
| This profile was updated on 3/4/2010 |