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Achyranthes mutica

A.Gray ex H.Mann (1867)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-CoreEudicot Order: Caryophyllales Family: Amaranthaceae Genus: Achyranthes

achyranthes

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Shrubs.

Stems: Stems erect to decumbent. stems 30–60 cm long, many-branched.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades obovate to elliptic or oblanceolate, (1.9–)3.2–4 cm long, (0.8–)1.5–2 cm wide. Surfaces of young leaves sparsely pilose, usually glabrate with age. Margins usually entire or nearly so. Petioles 0.3–1.5 cm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in spikes 0.4–1.5 cm long, the rachis densely pubescent with spreading hairs, sessile. Flowers bisexual (perfect). Calyx of 5 sepals, sepals unequal 3–4.2 mm long, apex acute. Corolla (petals) absent. Stamens 2–5, connate at base; anthers dithecal. Ovary superior; ovule 1; style slender; stigma capitate.

Fruit: Utricles unknown. Seeds 1 per fruit; the surface usually lustrous; endosperm essentially absent.

Ploidy:

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Extirpated
Hawai'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 2 (1867)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:181 (K, H? [presumed location for 1779 spm.]); Hawley & Pyle 1995:1 (REDISCOVER/H); Hank Oppenheimer pers. obs./Remy 208 BISH (K†, 1851)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Achyranthes mutica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rémy, J. 208 Kauai BISH 1851-01-01
2 Achyranthes mutica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Shrubs 60cm tall, stems reddish-tinged, leaves light green; inflor pinkish, tepals rose Lorence, D.H. 10326 Kauai BISH 2012-06-06
3 Achyranthes mutica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen 1.5 m shrub, in flower; leaves silvery-gray with slight pubescent pilose hairs Dunn, L. 158 Kauai BISH 2003-04-03
4 Achyranthes mutica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rémy, J. 208 Kauai BISH 1851-01-01
5 Achyranthes mutica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rémy, J. 208 Kauai BISH 1851-01-01
6 Achyranthes mutica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rémy, J. 208 Kauai BISH 1851-01-01
7 Achyranthes mutica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Gulch with pasture and relict Koaie, Olopua and other trees of mixed mesophytic forest. Preserved_Specimen Pratt, T.K. Hawaii BISH 1991-11-10
8 Achyranthes mutica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing with METPOL, SCHITER, NOTSAN, LEULEU. Preserved_Specimen Loo, R. Hawaii BISH 2015-02-12
9 Achyranthes mutica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Collected on sides of dry gulch; 350 deg. N aspect. Acacia koa-Myoproum sandwicense Mesic with alien vegetation; Nototrichium, Asplenium, Chenopodium, Osteomeles Preserved_Specimen 2-3 m tall trees Wood, K.R. 2177 Hawaii BISH 1992-07-16
10 Achyranthes mutica Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Gulch with pasture and relict Koaie, Olopua and other trees of mixed mesophytic forest. Preserved_Specimen Pratt, T.K. Hawaii BISH 1991-11-10
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