Capparis sandwichiana: Difference between revisions

|status_ref = <ref name="IUCNiucn status 17 November 2021">{{IUCNcite iucn |author=Caraway, V.L. |iddate=441232020 |taxontitle=''Capparis sandwichiana'' |assessors volume= Bruegmann, M.M. & Caraway, V.2020 |assessment_year page= 2003e.T44123A83792135 |versiondoi=201010.42305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44123A83792135.en |accessdate=2011access-01-20date=17 November 2021}}</ref>

'''''Capparis sandwichiana''''' is a species of [[flowering plant]] in the [[Capparaceae]] family [[Endemism|endemic]] to the [[Hawaiian Islands]]. Common names include '''''maiapilo''''', '''''pua pilo''''',<ref name="NativePlant">{{cite web |url=http://www2.hawaii.edu/~eherring/hawnprop/cap-sand.htm |title=Capparis sandwichiana |work=Hawaiian Native Plant Propagation Database |publisher=[[University of Hawaii at Manoa|University of Hawai{{okina}}iHawaiʻi at Mānoa]] |accessdate=2009-03-07}}</ref> and '''Hawaiian caper'''. ''C. sandwichiana'' can be found on the [[Hawaii|main islands]], [[Midway Atoll]], the [[Pearl and Hermes Atoll]], and [[Laysan]].<ref name="Culliney">{{cite book |url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=1_kU9DjLykEC& |title=A Native Hawaiian Garden: How to Grow and Care for Island Plants |first=John L. |last=Culliney |coauthorsauthor2=Bruce P. Koebele |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |year=1999 |isbn=9780824821760978-0-8248-2176-0 |pages=103–105}}</ref> It inhabits [[Hawaiian tropical low shrublands|coastal low shrublands]] and rocky shores at elevations from sea level to {{convert|325|ft|m}}.<ref name="NativePlant" /> ''Maiapilo'' is listed as [[Vulnerable species|vulnerable]] by the IUCN and is threatened by grazing, competition with invasive species, and [[habitat destruction]].<ref name="IUCNiucn status 17 November 2021" />

{{reflistReflist}}

*{{commonscatCommons category-inline|Capparis sandwichiana|''Capparis sandwichiana''}}

*{{wikispeciesWikispecies-inline|Capparis sandwichiana|''Capparis sandwichiana''}}

*{{cite web |url=http://www.hawaiioirc.org/OIRC-SPECIES-PLANTS.htm |title=Selected Plants found on Hawaii's Offshore Islets |work=Species |publisher=Offshore Island Restoration Committee |accessdatearchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301105625/http://www.hawaiioirc.org/OIRC-SPECIES-PLANTS.htm# |archive-date=2009-03-01 |url-status=dead }}

[[Category:VulnerablePlants plantsdescribed in 1824]]