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Cyrtandra kealiae subsp. urceolata

W.L.Wagner & Lorence (2000)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Gesneriaceae Genus: Cyrtandra

ha‘iwale, kanawao ke‘oke‘o

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Shrubs 0.6–2.5 m tall.

Stems: Stems branched, rounded to angular, pubescent with multicellular hairs or glabrate.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades elliptic to elliptic–obovate, (4.5–)11–28 cm long, (1.7–) 5–9.2 cm wide; those of a pair subequal to unequal, nearly symmetrical, chartaceous. Apex acuminate. Base attenuate to cuneate. Upper surfaces sparsely to moderately pilose; lower surfaces moderately to densely velvety pilose, the hairs yellowish brown, blades chartaceous. Margins serrulate or denticulate to subentire and very slightly revolute. Upper surface with veins somewhat impressed, lower surface with veins raised. Petioles (0.8–)3–5(–8) cm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers solitary in the leaf axils, peduncles 0–6 mm long, pedicels 4–5 mm long, bracts inconspicuous, lanceolate, 4–7 mm long. Flowers bisexual (perfect). Calyx 2–5(6)-lobed, slightly zygomorphic, urceolate, 14–25 mm long, cleft ca. ¼(–⅔) its length, both surfaces very densely shaggy villous, the lobes linear–subulate to narrowly deltate, ca. 3–7 mm long, deciduous or persistent in fruit. Corolla white, tube cylindrical, 14–20 mm long, probably ca. 4 mm in diameter, very densely shaggy villous, upper lip 2-lobed, lower lip 3-lobed, the lobes imbricate in bud, upper lobes lanceolate, ca. 5 mm long, 2.5–3 mm wide, lower lobes lanceolate, ca. Stamens 5, inserted about halfway up corolla tube, the 2 upper Stamens fertile, others staminodial, +/– with abortive anthers; fertile anthers coherent positioned in throat of corolla tube, dithecal, opening by longitudinal slits or occasionally by apical pores. Ovary superior, glabrous, oblong–ovoid, 2-carpellate, 1-celled, placentation parietal, placentas 2, ± intruded, rarely joined in center and dividing ovary into 2 cells; ovules numerous, anatropous, apex rounded or with a stylar beak; style ca. 3 mm long, glabrous; stigma capitate, 2-lobed, lobes usually elliptic.

Fruit: Berries broadly ovoid–ellipsoid; 1–1.2 cm long; puberulent; enclosed by the persistent calyx that splits when fruit matures. Seeds unknown.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Mesic to wet forest.

Elevation Range: 210–450(–820) m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 63: 19 (2000)

Other References

Wagner & Lorence 2000:19 (SUBSPNOV/K, DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Cyrtandra kealiae subsp. urceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Moist gulch under Aleurites. Preserved_Specimen Spreading shrub 6 dm long, fl white. St.John, H. 23076 Kauai BISH 1947-12-26
2 Cyrtandra kealiae subsp. urceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Gulch with Aleurites, Cordyline, Cibotium, etc. Gulch bottom Preserved_Specimen Branched shrubs up to 2 m tall; fruit splitting calyx at maturity; calyx urceolate. Wagner, W.L. 6003 Kauai BISH 1988-03-14
3 Cyrtandra kealiae subsp. urceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Plant approx. 50-70 cm tall, multi-branching; fruits and corolla white. Smith, J.F. 4021 Kauai BISH 2000-09-14
4 Cyrtandra kealiae subsp. urceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 633 Kauai BISH 1916-10-20
5 Cyrtandra kealiae subsp. urceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 13053 Kauai BISH 1916-10-01
6 Cyrtandra kealiae subsp. urceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 30361 Kauai BISH 1926-06-19
7 Cyrtandra kealiae subsp. urceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Faurie, A. 13052 Kauai BISH 1910-03-01
8 Cyrtandra kealiae subsp. urceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 655 Kauai BISH 1916-10-22
9 Cyrtandra kealiae subsp. urceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Moist gulch under Aleurites. Preserved_Specimen Spreading shrub 6 dm long, fl white. St.John, H. 23076 Kauai BISH 1947-12-26
10 Cyrtandra kealiae subsp. urceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Heller, A.A. 2543 Kauai BISH 1895-07-17
11 Cyrtandra kealiae subsp. urceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. Kauai BISH 1909-01-01
12 Cyrtandra kealiae subsp. urceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Skottsberg, C.J.F. 1051 Kauai BISH 1922-10-31
13 Cyrtandra kealiae subsp. urceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Knudsen 205 Kauai BISH
14 Cyrtandra kealiae subsp. urceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Secondary vegetation dominated by Psidium, Aleurites, Rhodomyrtus, Lantana, Cordyline, Cyrtandra, Freycinetia, Hedyotis, Diplazium, and Blechnum. Preserved_Specimen Shrub of 6 ft. with Cyanea (Flynn 4724), Hibiscus; stem and petiole pale green; leaves dark glossy green above, whitish below with pale green midvein and 2 degree veins and darker green 3 degree veins; corolla white, regular. Flynn, T.W. 4723 Kauai BISH 1991-09-19
15 Cyrtandra kealiae subsp. urceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Lydgate, J.M. Kauai BISH
16 Cyrtandra kealiae subsp. urceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 745 Kauai BISH 1916-11-03
17 Cyrtandra kealiae subsp. urceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 13053 Kauai BISH 1916-10-01
18 Cyrtandra kealiae subsp. urceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wooded NW facing slope, wooded gulch. Preserved_Specimen 1-2 m shrub, fl white. St.John, H. 23025 Kauai BISH 1947-12-24
19 Cyrtandra kealiae subsp. urceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details mixed forest with riparian vegetation Pisonia umbellifera, Antidesma platyphylla Syzygium sandwicensis, Psychotria mariniana, P. mauiensis, P. wawrae, Melicope clusiifolia, Broussaisia arguta, Cyrtandra kealiae urceolata, C. longifolia, C Preserved_Specimen shrub or small tree, 1.5 m tall, stems light brown, in flower and fruit, common Wood, K.R. 15555 Kauai BISH 2013-06-27
20 Cyrtandra kealiae subsp. urceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Disturbed mesic forest Metrosideros polymorpha var glaberrima, Aleurites moluccana, Pisonia umbellifera, Miconia crenata, Psychotria mariniana, Psidium guajava, Psidium cattleianum, Ardisia elliptica, Chrysodracon aurea, Fr Preserved_Specimen Large, sprawling 10 ft patch of Cyrtandra with golden hairs. Flowers appear doubled with 2 calyces or extra bracts. Flowers have dark brown, almost black dense hairs. Heintzman, S. 3152302 Kauai BISH 2023-03-15
21 Cyrtandra kealiae subsp. urceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Moist gulch under Aleurites. Preserved_Specimen Spreading shrub 6 dm long, fl white. St.John, H. 23076 Kauai BISH 1947-12-26
22 Cyrtandra kealiae subsp. urceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wooded NW facing slope, wooded gulch. Preserved_Specimen 1-2 m shrub, fl white. St.John, H. 23025 Kauai BISH 1947-12-24
23 Cyrtandra kealiae subsp. urceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Steep wooded slope, moist gulch. Preserved_Specimen 6 ft shrub, leaves green above, whitish beneath, young leaves brownish hairy, fl white. St.John, H. 13627 Kauai BISH 1933-12-25
24 Cyrtandra kealiae subsp. urceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In Metrosideros- Dicranopteris linearis wet forest with Tetraplasandra oahuensis, Xylosma hawaiiensis, Freycinetia arborea, Melicope clusiifolia, Bidens forbesii, Melicope feddei, Pipturus albidus, Cibotium spp., Boehmeria grandis, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Rubus rosifolius, Clidemia hirta. Preserved_Specimen Shrubs, 1 - 2 m ht, lvs opposite, chartaceous, elliptic-obovate, upper surface pilose, lower surface veins raised, densely velvety pilose, hairs yellowish-brown, margins serrulate, apex acuminate, calyx urceolate, corolla white, berries ovoid, puberulent. Perlman, S. 18805 Kauai BISH 2004-03-09
25 Cyrtandra kealiae subsp. urceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Wooded NW facing slope, wooded gulch. Preserved_Specimen 1-2 m shrub, fl white. St.John, H. 23025 Kauai BISH 1947-12-24
26 Cyrtandra kealiae subsp. urceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Secondary vegetation dominated by Psidium, Aleurites, Rhodomyrtus, Lantana, Cordyline, Cyrtandra, Freycinetia, Hedyotis, Diplazium, and Blechnum. In kukui/guava forest (890 ft.). Preserved_Specimen Shrub of six ft with stem and petiole pale green; leave dark glossy green above, whitish below with pale green midvein and 2 degree veins adnd darker green 3 degree veins; corolla white, regular. Flynn, T.W. 4721 Kauai BISH 1991-09-19
27 Cyrtandra kealiae subsp. urceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Low wet forest dominated by Metrosideros polymorpha, Syzygium sandwicensis, Antidesma, Tetraplasandra spp., Cheirodendron spp. & Psychotria spp. with understory rich in shrubs, ferns, and Cyrtandra spp. Preserved_Specimen Subshrub 1 m tall, sparsely branched, leaves discolorous. Calyx green, corolla white, ripe fruit white ovoid-ellipsoid, Lorence, D.H. 6691 Kauai BISH 1991-01-29
28 Cyrtandra kealiae subsp. urceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Gulch bottom with Aleurites, Cordyline, Cibotium, etc. Preserved_Specimen Branched shrubs up to 2 m tall; fruit splitting calyx at maturity; calyx urceolate. Wagner, W.L. 6003 Kauai BISH 1988-04-06
29 Cyrtandra kealiae subsp. urceolata Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Steep wooded slope, moist gulch. Preserved_Specimen 6 ft shrub, leaves green above, whitish beneath, young leaves brownish hairy, fl white. St.John, H. 13627 Kauai BISH 1933-12-25
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