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Delissea, a genus endemic to the Hawaiian Islands Campanulaceae All 15 Delissea are either Federally listed as Endangered Species (4 extant species) or now extinct (11 species) Oʻahu (Cultivated)   A leaf comparison of three of the four remaining species.  Left to right: Delissea kauaiensis, young leaf* (Kauaʻi); D. rhytidosperma (Kauaʻi); D. waianaeensis (Waiʻanae Mountains, Oʻahu only) * For mature leaf see www.flickr.com/photos/50823119@N08/4977521602/  nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Delissea_kauaiensis  nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Delissea_rhytidosperma