Capparis sandwichiana: Difference between revisions

'''''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}}i 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=http://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 |coauthors=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="IUCN"/>