Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Endangered or Threatened Status for Nineteen Plant Species From the Island of Kauai, Hawaii

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) determines endangered status pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for 17 plants: Alsinidendron lychnoides (kuawawaenohu), Alsinidendron viscosum (No common name (NCN)), Cyanea remyi (haha), Cyrtandra cyaneoides (mapele), Delissea rivularis ('oha), Hibiscadelphus woodii (hau kuahiwi), Hibiscus waimeae ssp. hannerae (koki'o ke'oke'o), Kokia kauaiensis (koki'o), Labordia tinifolia var. wahiawaensis (kamakahala), Phyllostegia knudsenii (NCN), Phyllostegia wawrana (NCN), Pritchardia napaliensis (loulu), Pritchardia viscosa (loulu), Schiedea helleri (NCN), Schiedea membranacea (NCN), Schiedea stellarioides (laulihilihi), and Viola kauaensis var. wahiawaensis (nani wai'ale'ale). The Service also determines threatened status for two plant species: Cyanea recta (haha) and Myrsine linearifolia (kolea). All of the species are endemic to the island of Kauai, Hawaiian Islands. The 19 plant taxa and their habitats have been variously affected or are currently threatened by one or more of the following: competition, predation or habitat degradation from introduced species, natural disasters, and trampling by humans. This rule implements the Federal protection provisions provided by the Act. Listing under the Act also triggers listed status for these 19 taxa under State law.