The Hawaii silversword, also called hinahina, is a plant endemic to Hawaii, found only on the high volcanic slopes of Haleakala on Maui and Mauna Kea on the island of Hawaii. Its two geographically separated populations are both rare and federally protected, with the Mauna Kea population reduced to as few as forty individuals in the wild.
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Classification
DietPhotosynthetic Autotroph 1 System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific NameArgyroxiphium sandwicense 3 Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Argyroxiphium sandwicense
In Biome
Alpine, Biomes Source NatureServe Explorer: Argyroxiphium sandwicense
Source NatureServe Explorer: Argyroxiphium sandwicense
Sources
1. Silversword (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead, extant status
Both subspecies are rare, threatened and federally protected.
Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
Argyroxiphium sandwicense, the Hawaiʻi silversword, or hinahina is a species of silversword.
View the Source 2. Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species profiles for Argyroxiphium sandwicense
Global Biodiversity Information FacilitySpecies profileQuote, Species profile
"taxonKey": 3118115, "marine": false, "freshwater": false, "terrestrial": true, "source": "World Register of Marine Species"
3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Argyroxiphium sandwicense
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyTaxon recordQuote, Taxon record
"canonicalName": "Argyroxiphium sandwicense"
Plant (Wikipedia)
Lead, whole group is photosyntheticQuote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
NatureServe Explorer: Argyroxiphium sandwicense
NatureServe ExplorerIn Biome: Chaparral, Species characteristics: Shrubland/chaparral
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Shrubland/chaparral"
In Biome: Alpine, Species characteristics: Alpine
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Alpine"
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