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Melicope munroi

(H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone (1989)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Sapindales Family: Rutaceae Genus: Melicope

alani, alani kuahiwi

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Sprawling or scandent shrubs up to 3 m tall, new growth minutely puberulent.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades broadly oblong–elliptic, elliptic, or suborbicular, 6–11 cm long, 3.5–7.5 cm wide. Apex rounded, ± slightly emarginate. Base cordate, ± subauriculate. Surfaces glabrate at maturity, except midrib on lower surfaces sparsely puberulent; blades coriaceous. Margins ± revolute, margins entire. Primary lateral veins usually 8–12 pairs, connected by an arched vein 2–7 mm from margin, venation pinnate, lateral veins connected by an arched submarginal vein, higher order venation forming a reticulate pattern. Petioles 4–5(–12) mm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers 1–3 in sparsely minutely puberulent, axillary cymes up to 7 cm long, peduncles 10–15 mm long, pedicels 15–35 mm long, bracteoles ca. 2 mm long, bracts small, opposite. Flowers bisexual (perfect) or functionally unisexual (and then plants monoecious). Calyx of 4 sepals; Sepals of pistillate flowers ovate, ca.2.5 mm long, sparsely appressed puberulent, imbricate. Corolla of 4 petals, valvate; petals of pistillate flowers deltate, ca. 8 mm long, glabrous. Stamens 8. Ovary superior, 4-celled and 4-lobed, carpels connate, only slightly distinct at apex to almost entirely distinct; ovules 2 per cell, hemitropous, 1 ascending; style 1, terminating in 4 short stigmatic branches.

Fruit: Capsules ca. 18 mm wide (immature); carpels connate ca. ⅓ their length; exocarp glabrous; endocarp pilose(?). the carpels dehiscing along the upper suture; exocarp. Seeds 1–2 per cell; glossy black when ripe; crustaceous; ovoid; sometimes angled from compression; embryo straight in fleshy endosperm; radicle short; cotyledons compressed; ovate; putamen brown; warty.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Apparently uncommon in mesic to wet forest.

Elevation Range: 610–890 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Molokai Endemic
Lana'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Taxon 38: 121 (1989)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1196 (L [as Pelea munroi]); Hartley & Stone 1989:121 (COMBNOV:Syn. P. munroi); Herbst & Wagner 1999:32 (Mo)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information With Metrosideros- Dicranopteris linearis wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 8805 Lanai PTBG 12/16/2000
2 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood, s. p. perlman & r. hobdy 3556 Oahu BISH 9/23/1994
3 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN munro, g.c. collector number: s.n. Lanai BISH 4/16/1915
4 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information On small rocky islet in stream. Subject to occasional inundation. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN st.john, h. eames, a.j. collector number: 18746 Oahu BISH 4/9/1938
5 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Munro, G.C. 86 Lanai BISH 6/14/1927
6 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J.F.C. 8023 Lanai BISH 7/25/1910
7 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In shady understory. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN H. Oppenheimer & M. Padgett H91643 Lanai US 9/28/2016
8 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood & h. oppenheimer 12053 Lanai US 8/17/2006
9 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 228 Lanai PTBG 5/30/1982
10 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Closed to open Metrosideros mesic forest and riparian vegetation. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 12749 Lanai PTBG 1/9/2008
11 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information 70% open canopy with riparian vegetation PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 12053 Lanai PTBG 8/17/2006
12 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros lowland mesic to wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 7519 Lanai PTBG 10/7/1998
13 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood & H. Oppenheimer 12053 Lanai US 8/17/2006
14 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Oppenheimer, H. 12053 Lanai US 8/17/2006
15 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J. F. 8023 Lanai US 7/25/2010
16 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Perlman, S. P.; Hobdy, R. 3556 Lanai US 9/23/1994
17 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN j. f. rock 8023 Lanai US 7/25/1910
18 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN h. l. oppenheimer h109927 Lanai US 10/25/1999
19 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In shady understory. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.; Padgett, M. H91643 Lanai US 9/28/2016
20 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In shady understory. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN h. oppenheimer & m. padgett h91643 Lanai US 9/28/2016
21 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN H. L. Oppenheimer H109927 Lanai US 10/25/1999
22 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H. L. H109927 Lanai US 10/25/1999
23 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 260.L Lanai BISH 6/1/1913
24 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. collector number: 10222 Oahu BISH 4/1/1910
25 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J.F.C. 10222 Molokai BISH 4/1/1910
26 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Lower woods. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St. John, H. 18746 Lanai BISH 4/9/1938
27 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. collector number: 8023 Lanai BISH 7/25/1910
28 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 283.L Lanai BISH 6/1/1917
29 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 283.l Lanai BISH 6/1/1917
30 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 260.l Lanai BISH 6/1/1913
31 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Munro, G.C. s.n. Lanai BISH 4/16/1915
32 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 370.l Lanai BISH 9/1/1917
33 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN munro, g.c. collector number: 086 Kauai BISH 6/14/1927
34 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 370.L Lanai BISH 9/1/1917
35 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Diospyros-Nestegis lowland dry forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 6343 Lanai PTBG 8/25/1987
36 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Diospyros-Nestegis lowland dry forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 6343 Lanai PTBG 8/25/1987
37 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 249 Lanai PTBG 5/31/1982
38 Melicope munroi (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information 70% open canopy with riparian vegetation PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 12061 Lanai PTBG 8/17/2006
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