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Matourea azurea

(Linden) Colletta & V.C.Souza (2020)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Plantaginaceae Genus: Matourea

amazon blue, brazilian snapdragon, otacanthus

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Description

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

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

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Bibliography

Name Published In: TAXON 69 (6) p.1356 (2020)

Other References

Staples & Herbst 2005:524 (KEY), 525 (DESCR [as Otacanthus azureus]); Parker & Parsons 2012a:61 (NEWNAT/H); Colleta et al. 2020:1356 (Syn. O. azureus = M. azurea)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Matourea azurea Hoomaluhia Park, windward Oahu, concentrated in the American tropical plantings, and along main road In bed along gravelled path below visitor center. Preserved_Specimen Shrub with woody base, less than 0.5 m. tall, much-branched; flowers vivid blue, 1 in. diam. across face, with white spot at mouth of tube. Staples, G.W. 441 Oahu BISH 1989-01-30
2 Matourea azurea Puna, Eden Roc Psidium cattleianum, Nephrolepsis, Uluhe Preserved_Specimen blue-purple flower Parker, J. 53 Hawaii BISH 2008-12-04
3 Matourea azurea Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai Preserved_Specimen Cultivated. Woody herb to 18 in.; flowers equally bilobed, blue-purple but median lower lip white. Howard, R.A. 20169 Kauai BISH 1985-08-20
4 Matourea azurea University of Hawaii campus, Sherman Laboratory Preserved_Specimen Herb 0.5 m. tall in full sun. A glandular secretion on the foliage and stems is strongly fragrant. The flower is aster violet with white and royal purple at the center. Lau, J. 1163 Oahu BISH 1985-06-30
5 Matourea azurea University of Hawaii campus, Sherman Laboratory Preserved_Specimen Herb 0.5 m. tall in full sun. A glandular secretion on the foliage and stems is strongly fragrant. The flower is aster violet with white and royal purple at the center. Lau, J. 1200 Oahu BISH 1985-07-10
6 Matourea azurea University of Hawaii campus, Sherman Laboratory Preserved_Specimen Herb 0.5 m. tall in full sun. A glandular secretion on the foliage and stems is strongly fragrant. The flower is aster violet with white and royal purple at the center. Lau, J. 1163 Oahu BISH 1985-06-30
7 Matourea azurea Kaneohe Bay Preserved_Specimen Fosberg, F.R. 64458 Oahu BISH 1985-05-05
8 Matourea azurea Haleakala Distr., growing in garden Preserved_Specimen Bianchi, F.A. Maui BISH 1986-06-15
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