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Hesperomannia oahuensis

(Hillebr.) O.Deg. (1938)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Genus: Hesperomannia

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Small, sprawling trees/shrubs 2–3 m tall.

Stems: Young branches and apical buds densely tomentose.

Roots:

Leaves: alternate Leaves ovate to elliptic-ovate Upper surface tomentose to sparsely pubescent, Lower surfaces densely tomentose. Margins entire or dentate

Flowers: Heads on stout, puberulent peduncles, 6 –8 mm long; involucre in 5–8 series, green at bottom and magenta at top at anthesis; inner bracts 2.3–2.5 cm long; middle bracts 3–3.5 cm wide. Corollas 1.3 cm long

Fruit: Fruit a simple; dry; achene (cypsela)

Ploidy:

Habitat: Mesic forests in the Wai‘anae Mountain Range of O‘ahu.

Elevation Range: 350–900 m

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

O'ahu Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Fl. Hawaiiensis, Fam. 344: (1938)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:325 (O, WM [as H. arbuscula]); Morden & Ching-Harbin 2013:229 (Syn. H. arbuscula = H. oahuensis, DESCR, KEY, remove WM)

Occurrences

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