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Peperomia mauiensis

Wawra (1875)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Magnoliids Order: Piperales Family: Piperaceae Genus: Peperomia

‘ala‘ala wai nui [alaala wai nui]

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Fleshy herbs.

Stems: Stems brownish purple, ascending to erect from a short repent base, 10–20 cm long, 2–3 mm in diameter toward base, usually branched, internodes 2–5 cm long, densely strigillose on upper parts, older stems glabrate.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Whorled 3–5(–9) per node. Blades oblong–spatulate to obovate, 1.2–2 cm long, 0.4–1 cm wide. Apex rounded. Base narrowly cuneate. Surfaces hirtellous or Upper surfaces sometimes glabrate; dark green or reddish green with pale green veins, producing a mottled appearance, thin and fleshy, drying chartaceous. Margins entire. Only midrib conspicuous or leaves inconspicuously palmately 3-veined. Petioles 0.3–0.5 cm long, somewhat appressed hirtellous to glabrate. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in spikes solitary, terminal, 4–6(–10) cm long, the rachis ca. 0.5–1 mm in diameter, glabrous, flowers moderately to loosely congested, peduncles slender, (2.5–)3–5 cm long, but at least some of them more than 3 cm long, strigillose to glabrate. Flowers bisexual (perfect), perianth absent. Each flower subtended by a peltate bract. Calyx (sepals) absent. Corolla (petals) absent. Stamens 2. Ovary superior, broadly ovoid, 1-carpellate, 1-celled, apex oblique; ovules 1 per cell, orthotropous, erect; stigmas 1–4, subterminal.

Fruit: Fruit broadly ovoid; ca. 0.8 mm long; papillose–viscid with sessile glands. Seeds 1 per fruit; with scanty endosperm and copious; starchy perisperm.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Mesic valleys.

Elevation Range: 40–600 m.

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Molokai Endemic
Lana'i Endemic
Maui Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Beiträge zur Flora der Hawaischen Inseln. Flora 58: 225 (1875)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1031 (Mo, L, WM); Hank Oppenheimer pers. obs./Fosberg 12573 BISH (L†, 1935)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Peperomia mauiensis Lahaina, Puu Kukui Watershed, Honolua Valley vertical side of large mossy boulder near stream, degraded riparian zone in lowland mesic forest; Peperomia latifolia, P.alternifolia, P. sp., Gonocormus saxifragoides, Vandenboschia cyrtotheca, Oligadenus pinnatifidus, Lepisorus thunbergianus Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 129902 Maui BISH 1999-12-09
2 Peperomia mauiensis branch, Mapulehu Valley on ground, dark woods Preserved_Specimen Wiebke, H. 3184 Molokai BISH 1928-07-27
3 Peperomia mauiensis Western branch of Mapulehu Valley In woods Preserved_Specimen Epiphyte Wiebke, H. 3118 Molokai BISH 1928-07-23
4 Peperomia mauiensis Halawa Valley, near base of Moaula Falls Preserved_Specimen Yuncker, T.G. 12661 Molokai BISH 1932-12-01
5 Peperomia mauiensis Mahana on trunk of Aleurites moluccana Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 8090 Lanai BISH 1910-07-24
6 Peperomia mauiensis Waiohookalo Stream guava, ginger; on moss mats Preserved_Specimen 4 m diam. stem, brownish purple; leaves reddish green with pale green veins; lower surface whitish green Wagner, W.L. 5731 Molokai BISH 1987-07-31
7 Peperomia mauiensis Mahana Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 10373 Lanai BISH 1910-07-24
8 Peperomia mauiensis West Maui, Mt. Eke wet shaded sloping rocks Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 2412 Maui BISH 1927-08-27
9 Peperomia mauiensis Halawa Valley, near base of Moaula Falls Base of cliff, shady, mossy Preserved_Specimen Yuncker, T.G. 12732 Molokai BISH 1932-12-01
10 Peperomia mauiensis Honokahau Drainage Basin Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 455 Maui BISH 1917-09-25
11 Peperomia mauiensis West Maui, Kauaula canyon Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 1216 Maui BISH 1982-02-05
12 Peperomia mauiensis Olowalu Valley Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 2381 Maui BISH 1920-05-14
13 Peperomia mauiensis Waihee Valley Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 132 Maui BISH 1910-06-01
14 Peperomia mauiensis Kaiholena Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 215 Lanai BISH 1914-09-11
15 Peperomia mauiensis Pupao Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 299 Molokai BISH 1912-07-01
16 Peperomia mauiensis West Maui, Waikapu Valley Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 135 Maui BISH 1910-06-01
17 Peperomia mauiensis Iao Valley Preserved_Specimen Lyon, H.L. Maui BISH 1909-03-21
18 Peperomia mauiensis West Maui, Honokowai ditch trail shady cliff Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 25130 Maui BISH 1959-03-27
19 Peperomia mauiensis West Maui, Maunahooma Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 27 Maui BISH 1910-05-01
20 Peperomia mauiensis Kaiholena Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 360 Lanai BISH 1914-09-11
21 Peperomia mauiensis West Maui, ridge W of Iao Valley Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. Maui BISH 1910-05-01
22 Peperomia mauiensis Hamakua Preserved_Specimen Hillebrand, W.B. Maui BISH
23 Peperomia mauiensis West Maui, Waikapu Valley Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 136 Maui BISH 1910-06-01
24 Peperomia mauiensis Mapulehu Valley, in streambed on stone Preserved_Specimen leaf grayish with green veins above, light green below; inflorescence deep red Herbst, D.R. 1880 Molokai BISH 1970-08-07
25 Peperomia mauiensis Kamoku, Kaiholena Gulch dry forest on fallen log Preserved_Specimen stems brownish, leaves dark green above, light below Fosberg, F.R. 12573 Lanai BISH 1935-12-03
26 Peperomia mauiensis West Maui, Waihee dry cliff Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 2625 Maui BISH 1927-07-02
27 Peperomia mauiensis West Maui, Iao Valley, Wailuku dripping stream gorge Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 10284 Maui BISH 1930-02-09
28 Peperomia mauiensis W Maui, Iao Valley, Wailuku dripping stream gorge Preserved_Specimen leaves pale green beneath St.John, H. 10285 Maui BISH 1930-02-09
29 Peperomia mauiensis E arm, Kaluaaha Valley shaded cliffs Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 3062 Molokai BISH 1928-07-12
30 Peperomia mauiensis Honolulu, 1940 Manoa Rd potted, deep shade Preserved_Specimen 10, compact; leaf pale green below, top dark green with lighter veins; stem reddish Lau, J. 1533 Oahu BISH 1985-10-19
31 Peperomia mauiensis Honolulu, 1940 Manoa Rd potted, deep shade Preserved_Specimen 10, compact; leaf pale green below, top dark green with lighter veins; stem reddish Lau, J. 1681 Oahu BISH 1985-11-26
32 Peperomia mauiensis West Maui, Wailuku, subgulch on S side of Iao stream moss covered rock; with Hedyotis acuminata, Nototrichium sandwicense, Artemisia australis, Eragrostis, Osteomeles anthyllidifolia, Chamaesyce Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 5835 Maui BISH 1988-03-06
33 Peperomia mauiensis Mapulehu Valley on ground; dark woods Preserved_Specimen Wiebke, H. 3184 Molokai BISH 1928-07-27
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