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Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata

Hillebr. (1888)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-CoreEudicot Order: Caryophyllales Family: Amaranthaceae Genus: Achyranthes

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Shrubs 0.5–2 m tall.

Stems: Stems erect to decumbent.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades obovate, 2–12 cm long, 1.5–7.3 cm wide. Apex rounded. Surfaces densely white strigose, epidermis usually obscured, especially lower surface, the hairs sometimes spreading, 0.5–1.5 mm long. "Silvery on both surfaces" Hillebrand 1888. Margins usually entire or nearly so. Petiolate. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in spikes congested, 3–25 cm long, the rachis densely white pubescent or tomentose, 1.5–2.5(–3) mm in diameter, the hairs spreading to appressed, 0.5–2 mm long. peduncles 0.6–3.4 cm long. sepals subtended by a lanceolate, spine–tipped bract 3–6 mm long, bracteoles 3.5–5.0 mm long, spine–tipped. Flowers bisexual (perfect). Calyx of 5 sepals, sepals subequal, 6.5–8(–9) mm long apex acute. Corolla (petals) absent. Stamens 2–5, connate at base; anthers dithecal. Ovary superior; ovule 1; style slender; stigma capitate.

Fruit: Utricles 1.5–3 mm long. Seeds 1 per fruit; the surface usually lustrous; endosperm essentially absent.

Ploidy: 2n = 76*; 78*

Habitat: Scattered in low elevation; open; dry forest remnants and open thickets; on talus or rocky slopes; and on coralline plains.

Elevation Range: 0–30(–500) m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kuaihelani (Midway Atoll) Only found in cultivation
Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Endemic
Molokai Extirpated
Lana'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Fl. Hawaiian Isl.: 371 (1888)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:182 (O, Mo, L); Staples & Herbst 2005:99 (KEY), 103 (DESCR); Hillebrand s.n. BISH 491349 (Mo†, 1871)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Shrubs 4-5 ft in height, flowers and fruit. With thickets of Kiawe on coral limestone, plants scattered, 100-200plants and shrubs. Perlman, S. 5151 Oahu BISH 1987-01-27
2 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On rough coral platform, with Lycium sandwicensis, Myoporum sandwicense, Capparis sandwichiana, Portulaca, Sesuvium. Preserved_Specimen Shrub to 3 feet, flowers green. Carlquist, S. 2425 Oahu BISH 1967-03-22
3 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Shrub 2 m, stems erect, foliage greyish-green, calyx green with purple tips, corolla white Lorence, D.H. 10247 Kauai BISH 2011-01-07
4 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Much-branched shrub 1 m tall. Fosberg, F.R. 29693 Oahu BISH 1948-03-19
5 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen A gray shrub 1 m tall. Fosberg, F.R. 29534 Oahu BISH 1948-02-04
6 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Shrub .75 m tall; in full sun. Lau, J. 1233 Oahu BISH 1985-07-22
7 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen A bushy shrub, 2-4 ft tall. Leaves silvery tomentose on both surfaces. Char, W.P. 79.009 Oahu BISH 1979-02-03
8 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Bush 1-2 m tall Fosberg, F.R. 13137 Oahu BISH 1936-05-30
9 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Shrub 1.5 meters, densely branching. Leaves and twigs silvery-green. Inflorescences, flowers and fruits green, outer bracts scarious. Lorence, D.H. 8172 Kauai BISH 1997-12-08
10 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On the sea shore. Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8210 Lanai BISH 1910-08-01
11 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Shrubs to 2 m height 3653 Oahu BISH 1987-07-29
12 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Sporck-Koehler, M. 44 Oahu BISH 2014-05-12
13 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 17039 Oahu BISH 1919-11-01
14 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Shrub 1.5 m height Newhouse, W.J. Oahu BISH 1953-12-13
15 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rémy, J. 206 Oahu BISH 1851-01-01
16 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Shrubs to 2 m height 3653 Oahu BISH 1987-07-29
17 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Shrubs to 2 m height 3653 Oahu BISH 1987-07-29
18 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Shrubs to 2 m height 3653 Oahu BISH 1987-07-29
19 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Shrub 2m tall; spikes green. Fosberg, F.R. 13139 Oahu BISH 1936-05-30
20 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Shrubs to 2 m height 3653 Oahu BISH 1987-07-29
21 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Common shrub. Webster, G.L. 1261 Oahu BISH 1948-02-04
22 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Shrub .75 m tall; in full sun. Lau, J. 1233 Oahu BISH 1985-07-22
23 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Shrubs 2 m high; herbage cinereous. St.John, H. 24811 Oahu BISH 1952-04-27
24 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Small shrub 2 ft high, in scrub behind dunes. Henrickson, J.S. 3835 Oahu BISH 1969-07-06
25 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Oahu BISH 1958-11-01
26 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing on arid coralline plain; heavily infested with scale insects and assoc. ants. Preserved_Specimen Silvery shrub about 4 ft tall. Herbst, D.R. 669 Oahu BISH 1967-10-23
27 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Shrub 1 m high Cowan, R.S. 792 Oahu BISH 1948-02-04
28 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 17039 Oahu BISH 1919-11-01
29 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Fagerlind, F. 6648 Oahu BISH 1948-01-01
30 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Fosberg, F.R. 29534 Oahu BISH 1948-02-04
31 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1651 Oahu BISH 1911-02-25
32 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rémy, J. 206 Oahu BISH 1851-01-01
33 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Egler, F.E. 37267 Oahu BISH 1937-08-11
34 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Oahu BISH 1912-01-01
35 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Sporck-Koehler, M. 43 Oahu BISH 2014-05-12
36 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Sporck-Koehler, M. 42 Oahu BISH 2014-05-12
37 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 17039 Oahu BISH 1919-11-01
38 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Char, W.P. 153 Oahu BISH 1982-01-30
39 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hillebrand, W.B. Molokai BISH
40 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Woolford, H.A. Oahu BISH 1957-02-24
41 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Woolford, H.A. Oahu BISH 1956-12-16
42 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Beardsley, J.W. Oahu BISH 1959-04-01
43 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Ford, E.J. Oahu BISH 1952-06-10
44 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Caum, E.L. Oahu BISH 1946-03-12
45 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Bishop, B. Oahu BISH 1958-04-04
46 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Bishop, B. Oahu BISH 1958-04-04
47 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Sporck-Koehler, M. 45 Oahu BISH 2014-05-12
48 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1937-08-08
49 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen MacCaughey, V. Oahu BISH 1915-03-27
50 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8210 Lanai BISH 1910-08-01
51 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Imura, J. Oahu BISH 1962-07-27
52 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Judd Jr., A.F. Oahu BISH 1934-04-28
53 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Woolford, H.A. Oahu BISH 1957-06-07
54 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hillebrand, W.B. Molokai BISH
55 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In open thickets of Prosopis and Myoporum. Preserved_Specimen Shrub to 7 ft in height. Nagata, K.M. 1657 Oahu BISH 1978-06-21
56 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Arid, coralline plain. Growing in assoc. w/ koa haole, kiawe, Achyranthus, Myoporum, Sesuvium, Lycium, Sporobolus virginicus, Cenchrus echinata, Setaria verticillata. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 499 Oahu BISH 1967-05-21
57 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Occuring in thickets of Leucaena, Myoporum, et al. Preserved_Specimen Common bush .5-1+ m high. Webster, G.L. 13838 Oahu BISH 1968-06-22
58 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details With Santalum ellipticum, Sida, & Alien sp., kiawe & Haole koa on exposed rock with some grasses. Preserved_Specimen Perlman, S. 5133 Oahu BISH 1987-01-22
59 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Small population, growing under Prosopis population in fertile condition Preserved_Specimen Highly branched shrubs, 4-5 feet erect, Takeuchi, W.N. 1707 Oahu BISH 1984-08-19
60 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On the sea shore. Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8210 Lanai BISH 1910-08-01
61 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details steep slopes and cliffs, sunny; Schinus, Leucaena, Prosopis, Diospyros, Melanthera, Erythrina, Nesoluma, Artemisia, Nototrichium, Plectranthus, Doryopteris, Cenchrus ciliaris, Cocculus, Ficus, Myoporum, Sida, Plumbago Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 50815 Lanai BISH 2008-05-29
62 Achyranthes splendens var. rotundata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details talus slopes; Scaevola taccada, Myoporum sandwicense, Sida fallax, Heliotropium anomalum, Boehavia repens, Chamaesyce degeneri, Sporobolus virginicus, Fimbristylis cymosa, Vitex rotundifolia, Jacquemontia ovalifolia, Leucaena leucocephala, Gossypium tomentosa, Santalum ellipticum, Acacia farnesiana Preserved_Specimen 1-2 m; many branched silvery leaves Wood, K.R. 5122 Oahu BISH 1996-04-18
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