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Lysimachia lydgatei

Hillebr. (1888)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Ericales Family: Primulaceae Genus: Lysimachia

lysimachia

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Sprawling shrubs.

Stems: Stems 10–13 dm long, branched, young ones densely rusty tomentose, eventually glabrate.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades elliptic, 49–70 mm long, 14–22 mm wide. Apex acuminate. Base cuneate. Upper surfaces appressed rusty pilose; lower surfaces densely rusty tomentose; blades coriaceous. Margins entire. Veins obscure. Petioles 10–16 mm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers solitary in leaf axils. Flowers bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic, 6–7-merous, pedicels 11–35 mm long in fruit, brown pubescent; (other floral parts not seen), bracteate, bracteoles absent. Calyx lobes apparently 6, narrowly lanceolate, co. 7–8 mm long. Corolla lobes entire, imbricate. Stamens as many as and opposite the corolla lobes; filaments adnate to corolla tube; anthers dithecal. Ovary superior, 1-celled; ovule placentation free-central; style 1.

Fruit: Capsules probably broadly ovoid to subglobose; ca. 6 mm long; regularly dehiscent by 6–7 valves. Seeds not seen.

Ploidy:

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Maui Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Fl. Hawaiian Isl.: 284 (1888)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1082 (WM); Marr & Bohm 1997:280 (Syn. L. lydgatei = L. remyi subsp. remyi, not followed)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Lysimachia lydgatei Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details 5 m downslope from ridge on north side, in open understory. Wet Mesic forest: Metrosideros, Dodonaea, Leptecophylla, Nephrolepis, Polypodium, Vaccinium, Dryopteris glabra, Sadleria, Myrsine lessertiana, Lysimachia remyi Preserved_Specimen uncommon, sprawling plant. Pezzillo, Z. 563 Maui BISH 2023-09-15
2 Lysimachia lydgatei Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details On steep shady, rocky slope. Vegetation: Metrosideros, Myrsine, Cheirodendron, Dodonaea, Leptecophylla, Wikstroemia, Hedyotis, Alyxia, Nestegis, Pouteria, Urera, Pipturus, Vaccinium, Coprosma, Smilax, Microlepia, Sadleria, Cyrtomium, Coniogramme, Dryopteris, Selaginella, Doodia, Pteris. Preserved_Specimen Two plants ca. 1.5m tall observed. Oppenheimer, H.L. 80634 Maui BISH 2006-08-23
3 Lysimachia lydgatei Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Cultivated, original material collected in Lahaina District, West Maui on the southern slopes of Kauaula Valley Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 31701 Maui BISH 2017-03-10
4 Lysimachia lydgatei Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Two plants observed in shrubby, dense forest. Lysimachia hillebrandii observed in this area has mostly glabrous leaves. Vegetation: Dodonaea, Metrosideros, Coprosma, Nestegis, Leptecophylla, Dianella, Vaccinium, Melicope, Microlepia, Sadleria, Dryopteris, Wikstroemia, Myrsine, Alyxia, Doodia. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 120604 Maui BISH 2006-12-05
5 Lysimachia lydgatei Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In Metrosideros - Cheirodendron montane wet forest with Eurya, Clermontia, Melicope, Cyrtandra, Labordia, Stenogyne, Coprosma Preserved_Specimen Perlman, S. 10728 Maui BISH 1989-11-07
6 Lysimachia lydgatei Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Rare, Vegetation: Metrosideros, Cheirodendron, Dodonaea, Perrottetia, Freycinetia, Sadleria, Nestegis, Planchonella, Kadua, Pritchardia, Scaevola, Ilex, Liparis, Erigeron, Blechnum, Doodia, Rubus, Coniogramme, Peperomia. Preserved_Specimen Sprawling shrubs in shady understory, or in more open sites. Two colonies observed with 5 and 3 plant respectively. Oppenheimer, H.L. 41602 Maui BISH 2016-04-05
7 Lysimachia lydgatei Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing in moist forest in the lee of the main ridge mauka of Halepohaku Peak. Preserved_Specimen A single plant 4 ft tall with several branches. Lysimachia remyi grows nearby on exposed ridgetops. Plant sterile. Hobdy, R.W. 3267 Maui BISH 1991-01-10
8 Lysimachia lydgatei Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Scattered in shady, steep mid-slope on rocky soil/talus. Associated vegetation: Metrosideros, Dodonaea, Coprosma, Myrsine, Psychotria, Kadua, Pouteria, Dubautia, Neraudia, Remya, Sadleria, Dryopteris, Microlepia, Cyrtomium, Pipturus, Urera, Peperomia, Alyxia, Melicope, Cocculus, Smilax, Vaccinium, Polypodium, Wikstroemia, Carex, Selaginella, Deparia, Cheirodendron, Coniogramme, Pteris, Diplazium, Leptecophylla, Ageratina, Rubus, Buddleia, Adiantum. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 20811 Maui BISH 2008-02-14
9 Lysimachia lydgatei Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hillebrand, W.B. Maui BISH
10 Lysimachia lydgatei Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 519 Maui BISH 1979-05-02
11 Lysimachia lydgatei Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Cultivated; originally collected as seeds from the south side of Kauaula Valley, Lahaina District, West Maui on the slopes of Helu. Preserved_Specimen Flower color burgundy. Oppenheimer, H.L. 111226 Maui BISH 2012-11-26
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