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Lysimachia scopulensis

K.L.Marr (1997)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Ericales Family: Primulaceae Genus: Lysimachia

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Branching shrubs.

Stems: Stems up to 75 cm long, red or green, pulverulent when young.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate, (0.5)2–7(8) mm apart. Blades oblanceolate, sometimes narrowly obovate, coriaceous, almost succulent, with internal glands, tips slightly to extremely recurved, (33)55–65(86) mm long, (5)8–11(23) mm wide. Apex attenuate. Base acute. Upper surfaces dark green, drying olive green, glabrous, pulverulent when young, lower dark green, drying lighter than above, glabrous. Margins entire. Primary vein and petiole sometimes dark red, secondary veins prominent, tertiary veins obscure. Petioles (2)3– 4.5(5) mm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers solitary in leaf axils. Flowers bisexual (perfect), (5)6(7)-merous, campanulate; pedicels 20–45 mm long, erect, green. Calyx of 5 sepals; lobes green or red at the base, scarious margins, pulverulent, otherwise glabrous, widely ovate (2.5)4–5 mm long, (2)3–4(4.5) mm wide. Corolla lobes red, obovate, 10–11 mm long, 6–7 mm wide. Filaments 5 mm long; anthers 2 mm long. Ovary superior; styles 5 mm long.

Fruit: Capsules globose; 6.5–7.5(9) mm long. Seeds dark brown; irregularly shaped; 1.5–2.5 mm long.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Growing on steep cliffs of diverse lowland mesic forest in upper Kalalau Valley;.

Elevation Range: 780–880 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Pacific Sci. 51: 282 (1997)

Other References

Marr & Bohm 1997:265/Herbst & Wagner 1999:30 (SPNOV/K, KEY, DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Lysimachia scopulensis K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Steep diverse mesic forest, cliff area PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R. 798.06 Kauai US 5/9/1991
2 Lysimachia scopulensis K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Steep diverse lowland mesic forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 1008 Kauai PTBG 7/4/1991
3 Lysimachia scopulensis K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Steep diverse mesic forest with Chamaesyce sp. nov., Hedyotis sp. nov., Hibiscadelphus sp. nov., Poa mannii, Stenogyne campanulata, Melicope pallida, Lysimachia spp., Lobelia niihauensis; in cliff area. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. collector number: s.n. Kauai BISH 7/28/1992
4 Lysimachia scopulensis K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros, Eragrostis variabilis, Panicum lineale, Chamaesyce eleanoriae, Hedyotis, Melicope; mesic forest, cliffs PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 3618 Kauai BISH 10/5/1994
5 Lysimachia scopulensis K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Steep diverse lowland to montane mesic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 2036 Kauai PTBG 7/28/1992
6 Lysimachia scopulensis K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros mesic cliff and forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 728 Kauai PTBG 4/15/1991
7 Lysimachia scopulensis K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros mixed mesic slopes and cliffs PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 17212 Kauai PTBG 1/31/2017
8 Lysimachia scopulensis K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros Mesic Forest and Diverse Mesic Cliffs. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 3240 Kauai PTBG 6/17/1994
9 Lysimachia scopulensis K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Dicranopteris mixed mesic forest & dry to mesic cliffs PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 2397 Kauai PTBG 2/17/1993
10 Lysimachia scopulensis K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros Mesic Forest and Diverse Mesic Cliffs. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 3240-C Kauai PTBG 6/17/1994
11 Lysimachia scopulensis K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Query, M. 1008 Kauai US 7/4/1991
12 Lysimachia scopulensis K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Mesic cliff and forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood & s. p. perlman 728 Kauai US 4/15/1991
13 Lysimachia scopulensis K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood 2036 Kauai US 7/28/1992
14 Lysimachia scopulensis K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R. 2036 Kauai US 7/28/1992
15 Lysimachia scopulensis K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Steep diverse mesic forest, cliff area PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood 798.06 Kauai US 5/9/1991
16 Lysimachia scopulensis K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood & m. query 1008 Kauai US 7/4/1991
17 Lysimachia scopulensis K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Mesic cliff and forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Perlman, S. P. 728 Kauai US 4/15/1991
18 Lysimachia scopulensis K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k WIS 11/8/1991
19 Lysimachia scopulensis K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Low down into Metrosideros forest in forest opening with Holcus. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. collector number: 3618 Maui BISH 10/5/1994
20 Lysimachia scopulensis K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Steep diverse mesic forest with Chamaesyce sp. nov., Hedyotis sp. nov., Hibiscadelphus sp. nov., Poa mannii, Stenogyne campanulata, Melicope pallida, Lysimachia spp., Lobelia niihauensis; in cliff area. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. s.n. Kauai BISH 7/28/1992
21 Lysimachia scopulensis K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Steep Diverse Lowland Mesic Forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 634 Kauai PTBG 3/3/1991
22 Lysimachia scopulensis K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information diverse montane precipitous slopes with small pockets of forest and vertical cliffs. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 1233 Kauai PTBG 9/18/1991
23 Lysimachia scopulensis K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros mixed mesic cliffs PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 16734 Kauai PTBG 2/4/2016
24 Lysimachia scopulensis K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros Mesic Forest and Cliffs PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 3618 Kauai PTBG 10/5/1994
25 Lysimachia scopulensis K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information mesic diverse cliff PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 16285 Kauai PTBG 6/10/1998
26 Lysimachia scopulensis K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros Mesic Forest and Diverse Mesic Cliffs. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 3240-A Kauai PTBG 6/17/1994
27 Lysimachia scopulensis K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros Mesic Forest and Cliffs PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 3614 Kauai PTBG 10/5/1994
28 Lysimachia scopulensis K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros Mesic Forest and Diverse Mesic Cliffs. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 3240-B Kauai PTBG 6/17/1994
29 Lysimachia scopulensis K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Steep diverse montane mesic forest and sheer cliffs PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 798 Kauai PTBG 5/9/1991
30 Lysimachia scopulensis K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Dicranopteris Montane Mesic Forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 2830 Kauai PTBG 11/6/1993
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