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Lysimachia venosa

(Wawra) H.St.John (1987)

This name is accepted

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

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Shrubs 5–10 dm tall or perhaps taller.

Stems: Bark brown, striate, young stems sparsely puberulent, soon glabrate.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate, well-spaced. Blades oblanceolate, 60–110 mm long, 16–30 mm wide. Apex acuminate. Base sessile;, gradually tapering to base. Blades coriaceous. Margins minutely revolute. Lateral and tertiary veins evident but not especially conspicuous. Petioles 1-6 mm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers solitary in leaf axils. Flowers bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic, 6–7-merous, pedicels 15–30 mm long, glabrous or with a few minute hairs, bracteate, bracteoles absent. Calyx of 5 sepals; calyx lobes narrowly lanceolate, 12–16 mm long, sparsely puberulent at base. Corolla color unknown, 18–19 mm long, the lobes obovate, imbricate. Stamens as many as and opposite the corolla lobes; filaments connate ca. ⅓ their length, adnate to corolla tube; anthers dithecal. Ovary superior, 1-celled; ovule placentation free-central; style 1.

Fruit: Capsules not seen. Seeds not seen.

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range: ca. 1,560 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Phytologia 64: 50 (1987)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1083 (K); Marr & Bohm 1997:284 (KEY, DESCR); Wood 2012:98 (EXTINCT); Wood 2013:37 (REDISCOVER)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Lysimachia venosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dubautia-Sadleria shrubland-fernland w/ Dubautia imbricata subsp . Arconaea, D. knudsenii subsp. Filiformis, D. laxa subsp. Hirsuta, D. paleata, D. raillardioides, D. pauci flora, Sadleria cyatheoides, S. pllida, S. souleyetiana, S. squ Preserved_Specimen Shrubs, 40 cm tall, 7 plants in immediate area, several branched, stems yellow-brown, young stems with pink blush, leaves light green and pale white-green near base, flowers burgundy, rare. Wood, K.R. 16185 Kauai BISH 2015-01-07
2 Lysimachia venosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dubautia-Sadleria shrubland-fernland with occasional small open bogs w Metrosideros, Cheirodendron spp, Dubautia imbricata subsp. acronaea, Dubautia paleata, Sadleria cyatheoides, S. pallida, S. squarrosa, Antidesma, Astelia argyrocoma, Bidens forbesii, Broussaisia arguta Preserved_Specimen Shrub, 30 cm tall, 5-7-branched near base w flower dark purple and old capsules brown, stems red-brown, ca 30 plants in immediate area, occurring with narrow leaved L. venosa Wood, K.R. 19420 Kauai BISH 2024-01-18
3 Lysimachia venosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dubautia-Sadleria shrubland-fernland with occasional small open bogs w Metrosideros, Cheirodendron spp, Dubautia imbricata subsp. acronaea, Dubautia paleata, Sadleria cyatheoides, S. pallida, S. squarrosa, Antidesma, Astelia argyrocoma, Bidens forbesii, Broussaisia arguta Preserved_Specimen Shrub, narrower leaf form, 3-5-branched at base, 33 cm tall, w flowers dark purple, ca. 10 plants observed Wood, K.R. 19423 Kauai BISH 2024-01-18
4 Lysimachia venosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Dubautia-Sadleria shrubland/fernland, high wind summit slopes w/ Psychotria mariniana, Kadua affinis, Melicope clusiifolia, M. waialealae, Vaccinium calycinum, Coprosma kauaense, Dubautia laxa, D. paleata, D. imbricata acronaea, Machaerina angustifolia, Sadleria 50 deg. NE aspect, steep slope below ascending ridge to Kawaikini, terrain difficult and steep, ca. 30 plants in general area, potential for more. Preserved_Specimen Shrub, up to 1 m tall, stems yellow-brown or yellow-orange, ca. 7 branched at base, upper stems with few branching, leaves light green, corolla burgundy Wood, K.R. 14845 Kauai BISH 2012-01-11
5 Lysimachia venosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8881 Kauai BISH 1911-10-01
6 Lysimachia venosa Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Wawra, H. 2165 Kauai BISH
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