Homalium acuminatum

Homalium acuminatum
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Salicaceae
Genus:	Homalium
Species:	H. acuminatum
Binomial name
Homalium acuminatum Cheeseman, 1903[2]

Homalium acuminatum, the Cook Islands homalium, is a species of tree in the willow family, Salicaceae. It is endemic to the Cook Islands, growing on the islands of Rarotonga, where it is known as mato, and Mangaia, where it is known as moto.^[3][4] It grows to a height of up to 20 m (66 ft).^[3] On Rarotonga it dominates steep mountain slopes.^[5] The IUCN Red List calls it the Rarotonga homalium and considers it endemic to Rarotonga,^[1] though the Cook Islands Biodiversity Database lists it as also present, but "uncommon" on Mangaia.^[3]

References

1. "Rarotonga Homalium". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 29 March 2011. 29 March 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
2. Cheeseman, Thomas F. (May 1903). "The Flora of Rarotonga, the chief Island of the Cook Group". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London: Botany. 6 (6): 280-281. doi:10.1111/J.1095-8339.1903.TB00277.X. ISSN 1945-9459. OCLC 253068951. Wikidata Q55760419.
3. "Homalium acuminatum". Cook Islands Biodiversity. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
4. "Homalium acuminatum". Plants of the World. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
5. Merlin, Mark D. (1985). "Woody Vegetation in the Upland Region of Rarotonga, Cook Islands" (PDF). Pacific Science. 39 (1): 81–99. Retrieved 18 September 2020.