Global InformationHillebrandia information
| Hillebrandia | |
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Conservation status
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 Imperiled (NatureServe) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Begoniaceae |
| Genus: | Hillebrandia Oliv. |
| Species: | H. sandwicensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hillebrandia sandwicensis Oliv.
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Hillebrandia sandwicensis is a species of a herbaceous perennial flowering plant native to some of the Hawaiian Islands. Common names include ʻakaʻakaʻawa[1] and pua maka nui.[2] The genus name honors the German physician William Hillebrand.[3]
- ^ "CalPhotos". University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
- ^ "Hawaiian Islands Plants: Updates November 29, 1999 - Listed and Candidate Species, as designated under the U.S. Endangered Species Act" (PDF). Fish and Wildlife Service. 1999-11-29. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
- ^ Clement, Wendy L.; Tebbitt, Mark C.; Forrest, Laura L.; Blair, Jaime E.; Brouillet, Luc; Eriksson, Torsten; Swenson, Susan M. (2004). "Phylogenetic position and biogeography of Hillebrandia sandwicensis (Begoniaceae): a rare Hawaiian relict". American Journal of Botany. 91 (6): 905–17. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.6.905. PMID 21653447.