Tropical Plant Database - Plant Details

Lebronnecia kokioides is a rare species of flowering shrub in the Malvaceae family. Only a few hundred specimens are known to exist. The plant was first described in 1966, after a single tree with a few seedlings was discovered on Tahuata, an island in the Marquesas group of French Polynesia that had been severely deforested by livestock: cattle, goats, horses, and pigs. Further specimens were later found on the nearby island of Mohotani, uninhabited by humans, but similarly deforested by sheep, who fortunately seem to avoid eating the plant. It is now being cultivated in Hawaii.
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We currently have 19 herbarium specimens for Lebronnecia kokioides in our collection. Click on any specimen below to view the herbarium sheet data.

• 027747 - collected by K. R. Wood in Unknown
• 044662 - collected by John J. Fay in 1974
• 013225 - collected by B. G. Decker in 1974
• 013226 - collected by B. G. Decker in 1974
• 013221 - collected by M.-H. Sachet in 1975
• 044661 - collected by Sally Adkins in 1992
• 014980 - collected by Tim Flynn in 1992
• 020924 - collected by Jean-Yves Meyer in 1996
• 020925 - collected by Jean-Yves Meyer in 1996
• 042513 - collected by Steve Perlman in 2004
• 043352 - collected by K. R. Wood in 2004
• 043356 - collected by K. R. Wood in 2004
• 043355 - collected by K. R. Wood in 2004
• 023335 - collected by Tim Flynn in 2006
• 064326 - collected by Tim Flynn in 2006
• S064327 - collected by Tim Flynn in 2006
• 086018 - collected by David H. Lorence in 2015
• 095657 - collected by David H. Lorence in 2025
• Unassigned - collected by David H. Lorence in 2025