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Dracaena auwahiensis

(H.St.John) Jankalski (2012)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Asparagales Family: Asparagaceae Genus: Dracaena

hala pepe, halapepe, le‘ie [leie]

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Trees 1.5–10 m tall.

Stems: Few–branched to many-branched (west Maui).

Roots: Fibrous root system.

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate spiral. Blades gradually tapering from near middle, 16–35 cm long, 0.9–1.6(–2.1) cm wide. Base sessile. Blades subcoriaceous. Margins entire. Veins parallel. Sessile. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in panicles slightly glaucous, ca. 17–34 (–40) cm long, the lower lateral branches ca.3–12 cm long, peduncles 10–15 cm long, pedicels 8–15 mm long. Flowers bisexual (perfect); numerous. Perianth greenish yellow, 45–50 mm long, tube ca. 29–38 mm long, constricted basal part 3–4 mm long, lobes slightly spreading, 11–15 mm long. Stamens 6, inserted at base of perianth tube; anthers 5–6 mm long. Ovary superior, 3-celled; ovules 1 per cell; style filiform; stigma capitate or slightly lobed.

Fruit: Berries red; ca.11–14 mm long. Seeds usually 1; sometimes 2–3; 6–8 mm long.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Occurring in remnant dry forest and occasionally in mesic forest.

Elevation Range: 610–1,220 m.

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Molokai Endemic
Maui Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Sansevieria 28: 24 (2012)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1352 (Mo, M [as Pleomele auwahiensis]); Jankalski 2008:21 (COMBNOV Syn. P. auwahiensis = Dracaena rockii); Jankalski 2012:24 (COMBNOV Syn. P. auwahiensis = D. auwahiensis); Lu & Morden 2014:101 (COMBNOV, Syn. P. auwahiensis = Chrysodracon auwahiensis); Takawira-Nyenya et al. 2018 (Syn. C. auwahiensis = D. auwahiensis)

Occurrences

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