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Serissa japonica

(Thunb.) Thunb. (1798)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Gentianales Family: Rubiaceae Genus: Serissa

serissa, serissa, snow rose, tree of thousand starts

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Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Nov. Gen. Pl.: 132 (1798)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1997:61 (NEWNAT/H); Staples & Herbst 2005:484, 485 (KEY), 498 (DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Serissa japonica Koloa, NTBG, Lawai, nursery area Preserved_Specimen 0.5 m shrub; crushed with fetid odor; leaves dark shiny green; corolla white with 5 lobes Lorence, D.H. 8416 Kauai BISH 1999-06-08
2 Serissa japonica Puna Dist., Keaau transfer dump Preserved_Specimen Small shrub with white flws. Margin of leaf yellow. Herbst, D.R. 5545 Hawaii BISH 1975-10-23
3 Serissa japonica Purchased at Honolulu Garden Mart, Dillingham Blvd Preserved_Specimen Shrub 12-18 tall, bran arching; lvs clustered in fascicles, bright green with whitish margins (yellowish on some lvs); flws: < 0.5 long, pale purplish outside, pure white inside, odorless (5 pm), stam 5, just protruding; no frts. Staples, G.W. 972 Oahu BISH 1994-12-22
4 Serissa japonica Honolulu, Kamilonui Valley, 948 Kamilonui Pl Preserved_Specimen A sparingly- branched open shrub 0.4 m tall with branches spreading. Flws: white with some purple overlay. Lau, J. 1859 Oahu BISH 1986-01-13
5 Serissa japonica Honolulu, Waialae-Kahala, plant nursery Preserved_Specimen Yee, K. Oahu BISH 1960-10-18
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