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Astelia waialealae

Wawra (1875)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Asparagales Family: Asteliaceae Genus: Astelia

pa‘iniu [painiu]

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Short, terrestrial, rhizomatous perennial herbs from a thick bulbous caudex.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. 3-ranked. Blades silvery, firm, falcate, folded along the midrib, 12–20 cm long, 1.3–2.2 cm wide. Surfaces with scales, those of the upper surfaces tough, connate, persistent, but sometimes peeling off in skin-like pieces; those of the lower surfaces white, waxy, closely appressed, densely white woolly pubescent beneath scales. Margins entire. The 2 principal veins parallel to the midrib and usually inconspicuous. Sheathing. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in scapes 10–20 cm long, densely shaggy pubescent, the hairs matted; staminate flowers in racemes 3–7 cm long, pedicels 4– 6 mm long, bracts 6–11 mm long; pistillate flowers in racemes 2.5–3 cm long, pedicels 2.5–3 mm long, bracts 7– 8 mm long. Flowers unisexual (and the plants dioecious). Tepals dark purple (at least when dry), densely pubescent; staminate tepals 4.5–6 mm long (outer), 4–5.5 mm long (inner); pistillate tepals 4–5 mm long. Stamens 6, staminate flowers with anthers not seen; filaments 1.2–1.5 mm long; pistillate flowers with anthers not fertile, ca. 0.7 mm long; filaments ca. 1.5 mm long. Ovary superior. Staminate flowers with a pistillode 2.5–3 mm long; pistillate flowers with an ovary ca.4.5 mm long; style ca. 1 mm long.

Fruit: Berries orange; ovoid; ca. 8 mm long; ca. 4 mm in diameter. Seeds 2–3; black; obovoid; 3–3.5 mm long; both ends tapering.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Known only from bogs and bog hummocks on the summit of Mount Wai'ale'ale and Alaka'i Swamp; Kauai.

Elevation Range: 1,220–1,585 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Beiträge zur Flora der Hawaischen Inseln. Flora 58: 243 (1875)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1461 (K)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Astelia waialealae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros- Oreobolus furcatus open bog PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 20093B Kauai PTBG 7/27/2006
2 Astelia waialealae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Kauai US
3 Astelia waialealae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN leila m. shultz; john s. shultz Hawaii US 10/15/1982
4 Astelia waialealae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Open bog. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 12251 Kauai PTBG 1/14/2007
5 Astelia waialealae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. collector number: 5041 Kauai BISH 9/23/1909
6 Astelia waialealae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information moss hummocks PRESERVED_SPECIMEN van Royen, P. 11716 Kauai BISH 9/1/1977
7 Astelia waialealae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J.F.C. 8878 Kauai BISH 10/20/1911
8 Astelia waialealae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. collector number: 8878 Kauai BISH 10/20/1911
9 Astelia waialealae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wawra, h. collector number: 2131 Kauai BISH 1868-01-01
10 Astelia waialealae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN van royen, p. davis, j.; perlman, s. collector number: 11716 Hawaii BISH 9/1/1977
11 Astelia waialealae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J.F.C. 5041 Kauai BISH 9/23/1909
12 Astelia waialealae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information moss hummocks PRESERVED_SPECIMEN van royen, p. davis, j.; perlman, s. collector number: 11716 Kauai BISH 9/1/1977
13 Astelia waialealae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information with Metrosideros, Oreobolus, Styphelia, Machaerina, Myrsine denticulata, Rhynchospora, Drosera anglica, Vaccinium, Dubautia PRESERVED_SPECIMEN perlman, s.p. pratt, t.; j.lepson collector number: 10641 Kauai BISH 2/13/1989
14 Astelia waialealae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information with Metrosideros, Oreobolus, Styphelia, Machaerina, Myrsine denticulata, Rhynchospora, Drosera anglica, Vaccinium, Dubautia PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. 10641 Kauai BISH 2/13/1989
15 Astelia waialealae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information summit swamp PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J.F.C. 5816 Kauai BISH 9/23/1909
16 Astelia waialealae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. collector number: 5816 Maui BISH 9/23/1909
17 Astelia waialealae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Montane bogs, bogs dissected w/ riparian veg of Metrosideros-Cheirodendron forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 11681 Kauai PTBG 12/30/2005
18 Astelia waialealae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information open bog PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 26506 Kauai PTBG 11/13/2018
19 Astelia waialealae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Oreobolus mixed montane wet bog. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 10641 Kauai PTBG 2/13/1989
20 Astelia waialealae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros- Oreobolus furcatus open bog PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 20093C Kauai PTBG 7/27/2006
21 Astelia waialealae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros- Oreobolus furcatus open bog PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 20093A Kauai PTBG 7/27/2006
22 Astelia waialealae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN j. f. c. rock 8878 MU 10/20/1911
23 Astelia waialealae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J. F. 8878 Kauai US 10/20/2011
24 Astelia waialealae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN j. f. rock 8878 Kauai US 10/20/1911
25 Astelia waialealae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 3398 Kauai PTBG 8/12/1994
26 Astelia waialealae Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 3395 Kauai PTBG 8/12/1994
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