Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_gossypium_tomentosum
Hawaiian cotton
Gossypium tomentosum
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About Hawaiian cotton
maʻo is a shrub in the Kauaʻi vascular and land plants group. Its origin status is endemic.
Kauaʻi evidence
Species identity and image source are documented. Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Gossypium tomentosum
- Common names
- Hawaiian cotton
- Hawaiian names
- Maʻo
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Order
- Malvales
- Record type
- Species or taxonomic group
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Documented on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Conservation priority; formal rank not listed
- Evidence date
- 2026-09-13
- Evidence limits
- No major occurrence uncertainty noted
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Coastal dry shrubland
- Food and resource needs
- Light, water, nutrients, and suitable soil or substrate
- Reproduction
- Viable propagules and suitable establishment conditions
- Shelter
- Suitable soil, substrate, and vegetation structure
- Growth form
- Shrub
Threats and conservation
- Threats
- Coastal development, weeds, fire
- Conservation actions
- Dry coastal restoration and genetic conservation
- Monitoring
- Dry coastal restoration and genetic conservation
- Data gaps
- Additional ecological and conservation citations are recommended
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not assessed
- Seasonal description
- maʻo is a shrub in the Kauaʻi vascular and land plants group. Its origin status is endemic.
