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Sicyos erostratus

H.St.John (1987)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Cucurbitales Family: Cucurbitaceae Genus: Sicyos

‘ānunu [anunu]

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Climbing(?) annual herbs.

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Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades 6–13 cm long, cordate to shallowly 3–lobed. Margins serrate to shallowly lobed. Petiolate. Stipules absent; tendrils in the stipular position 2–5–branched.

Flowers: Flowers in staminate flowers on pedicels 2–7 mm long. Flowers usually unisexual (and the plants monoecious or dioecious), actinomorphic. Calyx of 5 sepals, inserted on hypanthium. Corolla of staminate flowers with lobes 1.8–2 mm long, glandular, petals inserted on hypanthium alternate with calyx lobes, usually connate at base, the limb often rotate.; Corolla of pistillate flowers with lobes 0.5–0.9 mm long, 3–5(6)-lobed. Staminate flowers: Stamens (2)3(–5), inserted at base of hypanthium; filaments connate into a column; anthers curved or flexuous, more or less coherent and twisted in a head, rarely distinct and spreading, opening by longitudinal slits; pistillate flowers: staminodes absent. Ovary inferior, of a single carpel or 3-carpellate with carpels connate into a single 3-lobed cell; ovule 1, placentation parietal; stigma capitate or 2–3-lobed.

Fruit: Fruit ovoid or ellipsoid; 2.5–5 mm long; hirsute; not beaked; indehiscent. Seeds 1 per fruit; 1.8–2.6 mm long; endosperm absent.

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Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

O'ahu Not in flora
Molokai Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Phytologia 62: 187 (1987)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:575 (O, Mo); Faccenda, Arthur, et al. 2025:168 (remove O [re-IDed as S. pachycarpus])

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John makakupaia, sw of kamakou preserve In stand of planted pines with Dodonaea and Sida beneath. Large mass fo dry vines in trees and shrubs beside jeep road. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN cuddihy, l.w. collector number: 1264 Molokai BISH 5/31/1982
2 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John Makakupaia, SW of Kamakou Preserve In stand of planted pines with Dodonaea and Sida beneath. Large mass fo dry vines in trees and shrubs beside jeep road. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Cuddihy, L.W. 1264 Molokai BISH 5/31/1982
3 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John kalamaula area, turned east onto jeep road just s of manawainui gulch; passed homalani cemetary, on jeep road to molokai forest reserve; on s side of road PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herbst, d.r. collector number: 2944 Midway Atoll BISH 4/3/1973
4 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John kahului airport, near w end climbing in leucaena thickets Drift. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN hobdy, r.w. collector number: 1291 Oahu BISH 3/3/1982
5 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John Waianae Mts, mouth of Kealia Gulch (behind Dillingham airfield) on south-facing slope Summer deciduous dry forest on cliffs. Associated with Erythrina, Reynoldsia, Rauwolfia, Diospyros, Dodonaea, Schiedea. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Gagne, W.C. 671 Oahu BISH 4/21/1973
6 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John kawela, forest reserve boundary PRESERVED_SPECIMEN hobdy, r.w. collector number: 547 Molokai BISH 5/14/1979
7 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John makakupaia, sw of kamakou preserve In stand of planted pines with Dodonaea and Sida beneath. Large mass of dry vines in trees and shrubs beside jeep road. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN cuddihy, l.w. collector number: 1264 Molokai BISH 5/31/1982
8 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John Kawela, Forest Reserve boundary PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hobdy, R.W. 547 Molokai BISH 5/14/1979
9 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John Gully below Puu Kolekole Climbing on Styphelia in dry forest with Osmanthus, Dodonaea, Scaevola, Euphorbia, and Viola. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Anderson, S.J. Cuddihy, L.W. Collector Number: 525 Molokai BISH 5/24/1982
10 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John onini gulch Vine on fence PRESERVED_SPECIMEN bishop, l.e. collector number: 1714 Molokai BISH 1/21/1973
11 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John onini PRESERVED_SPECIMEN bishop, b. collector number: 1714 Molokai BISH 1/21/1973
12 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John gully below puu kolekole SW side of 0.2 ha islet; rubble with turf on dead coral heads, small patches of sand, some small caves inhabited by Padina melemele & Halimeda distorta. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN anderson, s.j. cuddihy, l.w. collector number: 525 Lanai BISH 5/24/1982
13 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John Makakupaia, SW of Kamakou Preserve In stand of planted pines with Dodonaea and Sida beneath. Large mass of dry vines in trees and shrubs beside jeep road. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Cuddihy, L.W. Collector Number: 1264 Molokai BISH 5/31/1982
14 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John Onini PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Bishop, B. 1714 Molokai BISH 1/21/1973
15 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John First gulch on East side of gate entering the Forest Reserve south of Puu Kolekole. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN N. Pekelo 50 Molokai PTBG 4/5/1974
16 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John kalamaula area, turned east onto jeep road just s of manawainui gulch; passed homalani cemetary, on jeep road to molokai forest reserve; on s side of road loam PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herbst, d.r. collector number: 2944 Oahu BISH 4/3/1973
17 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John First gulch on E side of gate entering the Forest Reserve S of Puu Kolekole Plants found growing over Sida, pukiawe, Ohia, aalei at the Forest Reserve boundary fence. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Pekelo Jr., N. 50 Molokai BISH 4/5/1974
18 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John East Kawela. Lowland to Montane Mixed Mesic Forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 2898 Molokai PTBG 12/8/1993
19 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John Makolelau, below Puukolekole, down dirt road before Kawela, down into into gulch. Mixed Mesic Forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Natalia Tangalin 304 Molokai PTBG 3/15/2005
20 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John turned e onto jeep road just s of manawainui gulch, passed homalani cemetery, on jeep road to molokai forest reserve. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN d. r. herbst 2944 Molokai US 4/3/1973
21 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John E Kawela. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Lau, J. 2898 Molokai US 12/8/1993
22 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John first gulch on east side of gate entering the forest reserve south of puu kolekole. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN n. pekelo 50 Molokai US 4/5/1974
23 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John Turned E onto Jeep Road just S of Manawainui Gulch, passed Homalani Cemetery, on Jeep Road to Molokai Forest Reserve. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D. R. 2944 Molokai US 4/3/1973
24 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John e kawela. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood & j. lau 2898 Molokai US 12/8/1993
25 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John First gulch on east side of gate entering the Forest Reserve south of Puu Kolekole. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Pekelo, N. 50 Molokai US 4/5/1974
26 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John Kawela, Forest Reserve boundary PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hobdy, R.W. 548 Molokai BISH 5/14/1979
27 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John first gulch on e side of gate entering the forest reserve s of puu kolekole Plants found growing over Sida, pukiawe, Ohia, aalei at the Forest Reserve boundary fence. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN pekelo jr., n. collector number: 50 Molokai BISH 4/5/1974
28 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John kalamaula area, turned east onto jeep road just s of manawainui gulch; passed homalani cemetary, on jeep road to molokai forest reserve; on s side of road In Prosopis grove. Dry. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herbst, d.r. collector number: 2944 Molokai BISH 4/3/1973
29 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John kawela; forest reserve boundry PRESERVED_SPECIMEN hobdy, r.w. collector number: 546 Molokai BISH 5/14/1979
30 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John onini gulch Dry mamane-mixed native trees community with an exotic grass-native shrub understory. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN bishop, l.e. collector number: 1713 Hawaii BISH 1/21/1973
31 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John kawela, forest reserve boundary PRESERVED_SPECIMEN hobdy, r.w. collector number: 548 Molokai BISH 5/14/1979
32 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John Makakupaia, SW of Kamakou Preserve In stand of planted pines with Dodonaea and Sida beneath. Large mass fo dry vines in trees and shrubs beside jeep road. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Cuddihy, L.W. Collector Number: 1264 Molokai BISH 5/31/1982
33 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John Kalamaula area, turned east onto jeep road just S of Manawainui Gulch; passed Homelani Cemetary, on jeep road to Molokai Forest Reserve; on S side of road In Prosopis grove. Dry. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D.R. 2944 Molokai BISH 4/3/1973
34 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John Gully below Puu Kolekole Climbing on Styphelia in dry forest with Osmanthus, Dodonaea, Scaevola, Euphorbia, and Viola. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Anderson, S.J. 525 Molokai BISH 5/24/1982
35 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John Makakupaia, SW of Kamakou Preserve In stand of planted pines with Dodonaea and Sida beneath. Large mass of dry vines in trees and shrubs beside jeep road. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Cuddihy, L.W. 1264 Molokai BISH 5/31/1982
36 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John Kahului Airport, near W end climbing in Leucaena thickets PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hobdy, R.W. 1291 Maui BISH 3/3/1982
37 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John Kawela; Forest Reserve Boundry PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hobdy, R.W. 546 Molokai BISH 5/14/1979
38 Sicyos erostratus H.St.John Onini Gulch Vine on tree PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Bishop, L.E. 1713 Molokai BISH 1/21/1973
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