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Cyrtandra hematos

H.St.John (1987)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Gesneriaceae Genus: Cyrtandra

ha‘iwale [haiwale], kanawao ke‘oke‘o [kanawao keokeo]

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Shrubs 0.3–1.5(–2) m tall.

Stems: Stems few–branched, rounded to angular, pubescent with multicellular hairs or glabrate.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Leaves in whorls of 3–4 per node, often closely spaced, borne on upper 5–8 nodes. Those leaves at a node subequal, symmetrical or nearly so, elliptic, 9–15 cm long, 2.5–4 cm wide. Apex acuminate. Base cuneate. Upper surfaces sparsely bullate hirsute; lower surfaces sparsely appressed pilose, essentially only on principal veins, sometimes a few hairs scattered over surface, blades chartaceous. Margins serrate. Petioles 1.5–6.5 cm long, base sometimes clasping the stem or perfoliate. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers solitary, arising in the leaf axils or occasionally along stems, glabrate or sparsely appressed pilose, peduncles 8–10 mm long, pedicels 8–22 mm long, bracts distinct or occasionally connate, oblong to elliptic, 8–10 mm long, caducous. Flowers bisexual (perfect). Calyx 2–5(6)-lobed, nearly actinomorphic, green(?), 8–9 mm long, cleft to base, the lobes oblong to narrowly lanceolate, glabrate to very sparsely appressed pilose, glabrous within, apex acute, deciduous or persistent in fruit. Corolla usually bilabiate, white, tube narrowly funnelform, the tube straight or curved, ca. 18 mm long, lobes not measured, upper lip 2-lobed, lower lip 3-lobed, the lobes imbricate in bud. Stamens 5, inserted about halfway up corolla tube, the 2 upper Stamens fertile, others staminodial, +/– with abortive anthers; fertile anthers coherent positioned in throat of corolla tube, dithecal, opening by longitudinal slits or occasionally by apical pores. Ovary superior, glabrous, oblong–ovoid, 2-carpellate, 1-celled, placentation parietal, placentas 2, ± intruded, rarely joined in center and dividing ovary into 2 cells; ovules numerous, anatropous, apex rounded or with a stylar beak; style glabrous; stigma capitate, 2-lobed, lobes usually elliptic.

Fruit: Fruit a fleshy or firm berry; ovoid; ca. 1.2 cm long (immature); often tipped by the persistent stylar beak. Seeds unknown.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Apparently rare in wet forest.

Elevation Range: 1,030–1,150 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Molokai Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Phytologia 63: 479 (1987)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:760 (Mo)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Cyrtandra hematos H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 450 Mo Molokai BISH 8/1/1912
2 Cyrtandra hematos H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Vegetation: Metrosideros polymorpha var. polymorpha & var. galberrima, Cheirodendron trigynum, Melicope clusiifolia, Diplopterygium pinnatum, Cibotium menziesii, Sticherus owhyhensis, Athyrium microphyllum, Astelia menziesiana, Cyanea solenocalyx, Cyrtandra grayana, Smilax melastomifolia, Broussaisia arguta, Anoectochilus sandvicensis, Clermontia oblongifolia subsp. brevipes, Sadleria pallida, Eurya sandwicensis, Peperomia PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H11522 Molokai BISH 1/28/2015
3 Cyrtandra hematos H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wet ohia forest with other native trees and a treefern and native shrub understory. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN warshauer, f.r. mceldowney, p.h. collector number: frw 2935 Molokai BISH 8/2/1980
4 Cyrtandra hematos H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wet ohia forest with other native trees and a treefern and native shrub understory. Growing in shade PRESERVED_SPECIMEN higashino, p.k. holt, r.a. collector number: 9430 Molokai BISH 3/8/1980
5 Cyrtandra hematos H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 83 mo Molokai BISH 7/1/1912
6 Cyrtandra hematos H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 450 mo Molokai BISH 8/8/1912
7 Cyrtandra hematos H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H11510 Molokai PTBG 1/27/2015
8 Cyrtandra hematos H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H. L.; Bustamente, K. M.; Espaniola, J. H11538 Maui US 1/29/2015
9 Cyrtandra hematos H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN h. l. oppenheimer, k. m. bustamente & j. espaniola h11538 Maui US 1/29/2015
10 Cyrtandra hematos H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN H. L. Oppenheimer, K. M. Bustamente & J. Espaniola H11538 Maui US 1/29/2015
11 Cyrtandra hematos H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wet ohia forest with other native trees and a treefern and native shrub understory. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Warshauer, F.R. FRW 2935 Molokai BISH 8/2/1980
12 Cyrtandra hematos H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 450.Mo Molokai BISH 8/1/1912
13 Cyrtandra hematos H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information wet ohia, native trees and shrubs, treefern; on matted fern PRESERVED_SPECIMEN higashino, p.k. holt, r.a. collector number: 9459 Molokai BISH 8/4/1980
14 Cyrtandra hematos H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros polymorpha var. polymorpha & var. glaberrima, Cheirodendron trigynum. Melicope clusiifolia, Diplopterygium pinnatum, Cibotium menziesii, Sticherus owhyhensis, Athyrium microphyllum, Astelia menziesiana, Cyanea solanacea, Cyanea solenocalyx, Cyrtandra grayana, Smilax melastomifolia, Broussaisia arguta, Anoectochilus sandvicensis, Sadleria pallida, Peperomia. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H11510 Molokai BISH 1/27/2015
15 Cyrtandra hematos H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wet ohia forest with other native trees and a treefern and native shrub understory. Growing in shade PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Higashino, P.K. 9430 Molokai BISH 3/8/1980
16 Cyrtandra hematos H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN higashino, p.k. holt, r.a. collector number: 9461 Kauai BISH 8/4/1980
17 Cyrtandra hematos H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information wet ohia, native trees and shrubs, treefern; in thicket of ferns PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Higashino, P.K. 9461 Molokai BISH 8/4/1980
18 Cyrtandra hematos H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Vegetation: Metrosideros polymorpha var. polymorpha & var. galberrima, Cheirodendron trigynum, Melicope clusiifolia, Diplopterygium pinnatum, Cibotium menziesii, Sticherus owhyhensis, Athyrium microphyllum, Astelia menziesiana, Cyanea solenocalyx, Cyrtandra grayana, Smilax melastomifolia, Broussaisia arguta, Anoectochilus sandvicensis, Sadleria pallida, Peperomia PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H11538 Molokai BISH 1/29/2015
19 Cyrtandra hematos H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information wet ohia, native trees and shrubs, treefern; on matted fern PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Higashino, P.K. 9459 Molokai BISH 8/4/1980
20 Cyrtandra hematos H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 83 Mo Molokai BISH 7/1/1912
21 Cyrtandra hematos H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H11538 Molokai PTBG 1/29/2015
22 Cyrtandra hematos H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hank Oppenheimer H11522 Molokai PTBG 1/28/2015
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