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Argyroxiphium sandwicense

DC. (1836)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Genus: Argyroxiphium

‘āhinahina [ahinahina], hinahina, silversword

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: subspherical rosette shrub,

Stems:

Roots: Roots a tap root.

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate, a rosette or spiralled. Blades linear or linear-lanceolate

Flowers:

Fruit: Fruit a simple; dry; achene (cypsela); glabrous; ribbed/nerved; with a pappus.

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Maui Endemic
Hawai'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Prodr. 5: 668 (1836)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Maui BISH 1/8/1947
2 Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN L. Horigan 49 UBC 8/1/1958
3 Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Vladimir J. Krajina 660804010 UBC 8/4/1966
4 Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Mixed wet forest with dissecting drainages PRESERVED_SPECIMEN leila m. shultz; john s. shultz, kirsten a. shultz 6371 Kauai US 12/20/1982
5 Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Western exposure of black volcanic rock PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Leila M. Shultz; John S. Shultz, Kirsten A. Shultz 6371 UTC 12/20/1982
6 Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Maui BISH 6/1/1969
7 Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In full sun. Slopes with occasional shrub of Styphelia douglasii, few Dubautia arborea, clumps of Rubus hawaiensis and ground cover of Anthoxanthum odoratum, Hypochoeris, etc. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Davis, J. Collector Number: 923 Hawaii BISH 9/21/1982
8 Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN unknown s.n. Maui BISH 6/1/1969
9 Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In full sun. Slopes with occasional shrub of Styphelia douglasii, few Dubautia arborea, clumps of Rubus hawaiensis and ground cover of Anthoxanthum odoratum, Hypochoeris, etc. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN davis, j. collector number: 923 Hawaii BISH 9/21/1982
10 Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Macrae, J. G
11 Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Iltis HH; Iltis CM Iltis, HH; Iltis, CM 538 L 8/7/1967
12 Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lydgate s.n. NHMUK
13 Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wet rocks PRESERVED_SPECIMEN s.n. MIN
14 Argyroxiphium sandwicense DC. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN j. f. c. rock 8434 NY 6/7/1910
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