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Muehlenbeckia complexa

(A.Cunn.) Meisn. (1839)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-CoreEudicot Order: Caryophyllales Family: Polygonaceae Genus: Muehlenbeckia

creeping wire vine, maidenhair vine, wire plant

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Pl. Vasc. Gen. 1: 227 (1839)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1059 (H? [as M. axillaris, cult. and persisting in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park], DESCR); Staples & Herbst 2005:461 (KEY), 464 (M. axillaris misapplied = M. complexa, DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Muehlenbeckia complexa National Park, ~ 1/2 way between Thurston Lava Tube and Puu Puai Rd colony ~10 m long tangled in edge of forest on roadside in locally somewhat decadent Metrosideros forest Preserved_Specimen Fosberg, F.R. 57480 Hawaii BISH 1978-04-16
2 Muehlenbeckia complexa Kilauea, Fern Forest climbing 6 m over trees Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 18427 Hawaii BISH 1937-12-20
3 Muehlenbeckia complexa National Park, on road between Thurston Lava Tube and Kilauea Iki climbing in tree beside road Preserved_Specimen Fosberg, F.R. 44468 Hawaii BISH 1963-11-25
4 Muehlenbeckia complexa Kilauea Crater Rim Rd Preserved_Specimen Robyns, E.W. Hawaii BISH 1937-09-26
5 Muehlenbeckia complexa UH campus, Sherman Laboratory draped over low crotch of tree in dappled sunlight. Preserved_Specimen Lau, J. 1728 Oahu BISH 1985-12-09
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