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Hernandia moerenhoutiana

Guill. (1837)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Magnoliids Order: Laurales Family: Hernandiaceae Genus: Hernandia

mountain lantern tree

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Maui Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 7: 189 (1837)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Hernandia moerenhoutiana Lyon Arboretum Preserved_Specimen 12 dbh. Ht. 35 ft. Calyx, corolla white, stigma globose. Anderson 262 Oahu BISH 1967-07-12
2 Hernandia moerenhoutiana Hoomaluhia Botanic Garden Preserved_Specimen Tree 4 m tall, in full sun. Flowers white. Structure enclosing mature fruit greenish white. Lau, J. 3038 Oahu BISH 1987-01-06
3 Hernandia moerenhoutiana Honolulu County, Lyon Arboretum Preserved_Specimen Tree 10 m tall; corollas pale brown Miller, J.S. 7841 Oahu BISH 1992-07-29
4 Hernandia moerenhoutiana Honolulu, Manoa Valley, Harold L. Lyon Arboretum Preserved_Specimen Tree + fls. Gillett, G.W. Oahu BISH 1963-10-01
5 Hernandia moerenhoutiana Manoa Valley, at head, Lyon Arboretum Preserved_Specimen Gillett, G.W. Oahu BISH 1963-10-01
6 Hernandia moerenhoutiana East Maui, Hana District, Kalahu Point, PTBG Kahanu Garden Preserved_Specimen PTBG acc. #780373002 Tree of nine ft. Leaves dark, glossy green agove with yellowish-green veination, below dull, paler. Bracts dirty ivory coloured; calyx lobes and petals ivory. Flynn, T.W. 2605 Maui BISH 1987-09-10
7 Hernandia moerenhoutiana East Maui, Hana District, Kahanu Garden of the National Tropical Botanical Garden Preserved_Specimen Tree 8 m x 30 cm d.b.h., crown dense, conical. Lvs. dark glossy green above, paler beneath. Bracts and tepals cream, ovary & fruit cupule pate green, flors. fragrant (10 am). Cultivated, no 780373.002 (from Rarotonga, A. Whistler sn). Lorence, D.H. 7728 Maui BISH 1995-11-15
8 Hernandia moerenhoutiana Hanalei District, Limahuli Garden and Preserve, along Highway 56 ca 1 mile of Haena, Preserved_Specimen Tree 5 m tall x 30 cm d.b.h. (fallen over), leaves dark, glossy green above. Infl. bracts greenish white, young fruit green. Cultivated, NTBG # 760755001, from sed collected in Paita, New Caledonia Lorence, D.H. 7634 Kauai BISH 1995-04-25
9 Hernandia moerenhoutiana Hoomaluhia Botanic Garden Preserved_Specimen Tree 4 m. tall, in full sun. Flowers white. Structure enclosing mature fruit greenish white. Lau, J. 3038 Oahu BISH 1987-01-06
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