Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_cibotium_nealiae
Hāpuʻu
Cibotium nealiae
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About Hāpuʻu
Hāpuʻu (Cibotium nealiae) is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and recorded on Kauaʻi.
Kauaʻi evidence
Taxonomic identity, tree form, diagnostic morphology and island occurrence use the linked reviewed sources. Historical planting, cultivation, naturalization and invasive status are separate. Generated imagery is not occurrence evidence.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Cibotium nealiae
- Common names
- Hāpuʻu
- Hawaiian names
- Hāpuʻu
- Other names
- Cibotium nealiae · Hāpuʻu · Cibotium glaucum var. nealiae Hatheway
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-05
- Evidence limits
- Current extent is unassessed; public locality is island level only.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Tree fern
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Not yet assessed
- Data gaps
- Current population extent and trajectory · Additional species-specific ecological and conservation sources
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- Hāpuʻu (Cibotium nealiae) is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and recorded on Kauaʻi.