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Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis

G.Linney (1988)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Sapindales Family: Sapindaceae Genus: Alectryon

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Trees (3–)4–11 m tall.

Stems: Branches reddish brown, striate, the youngest ones yellowish brown tomentose.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves compound (even-pinnate). Alternate. Blades elliptic to elliptic–ovate or elliptic–oblanceolate, usually slightly asymmetrical, 20–55 cm long, leaflets (1)2–5 pairs, 10–28 cm long, 4–12 cm wide, petiolules 1–1.5 cm long; leaflets opposite or alternate. Apex acuminate to obtuse. Base broadly cuneate to rounded. Upper surfaces glossy, glabrous, lower leaflet surfaces persistently densely rusty tomentose; coriaceous to chartaceous. Leaflet margins entire, serrate, or dentate. Tertiary and higher order venation forming a conspicuous reticulate pattern. Petiolate. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in panicles up to 30 cm long, pedicels 0.5–3 mm long, bracts 1–3 mm long, caducous. Flowers bisexual (perfect) or staminate. Calyx cup-shaped, lobes 4–6, 1.5–2.5 mm long, the lobes unequal, narrowly deltate. Corolla (petals) absent. Stamens 6–8 in perfect flowers, 9–13 in staminate flowers, exserted; filaments puberulent; anthers dithecal, opening by longitudinal slits. Ovary superior, 1–4-lobed, 2-celled, pistillode rudimentary in staminate flowers, densely pubescent, placentation basal; ovules 1 per cell; style short, terminal; stigmas 2–4, inconspicuous.

Fruit: Fruit of 1(2) mericarps; each subglobose; 2.5–7 cm in diameter; the second mericarp usually abortive and much smaller or inconspicuous; lenticels present; glabrate with age; pericarp ca. 3 mm thick; irregularly scarlet on inner surface. Seeds glossy pale brown; seed coat hard; ca. 1 mm thick; at base with irregular projections 5–10 mm long overlapping aril; aril scarlet; firm–fleshy; smooth; with an irregular sinus on 1 side; endosperm absent.

Ploidy: 2n = 32*

Habitat: Dry to mesic forest.

Elevation Range: 790–1,070 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Maui Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Pacific Sci. 41: 73 (1987 publ. 1988)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1225 (EM)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. collector number: s.n. Hawaii BISH 11/1/1910
2 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN j. f. rock 8642 Maui US
3 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Little Jr., E. L. 31122 Maui US 8/26/1976
4 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St. John, H. 26870 Maui US 6/30/1972
5 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN e. l. little jr. 31122 Maui US 8/26/1976
6 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C. N. 2017.M Maui US 3/18/2020
7 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J. F. 8642 Maui US 11/10/2020
8 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN f. r. fosberg 42017 Maui US 9/3/1961
9 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN c. n. forbes 2017.m Maui US 3/18/1920
10 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Fosberg, F. R. 42017 Maui US 9/3/1961
11 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St. John, H. 26870 Maui BISH 6/30/1972
12 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Rainforest of Metrosideros, Cibotium & Dicranopteris. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN st.john, h. collector number: 26870 Kauai BISH 6/30/1972
13 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN st.john, h. collector number: 26870 Maui BISH 6/30/1972
14 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In open, grazed area, on aa substrate covered with kikuyu grass. Vegetation: Degraded Dry/Mesic Forest remnant, with Nestegis, Streblus, Ochrosia, Pleomele, Myrsine, Dodonaea, Santalum, Chamaesyce, Diospyros, Osteomeles, Cocculus, Alyxia, Asplenium, Lepisorus, Peperomia, Plectranthus, Zanthoxylum, Cyperus, Bocconia, Lantana, Schinus, Cinnamomum, Pennisetum, Bidens, Passiflora, Neonotonia, Senecio, Melinis, Gomphrena. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H90904 Maui BISH 9/18/2009
15 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information On dry a`a lava in open, native forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herbst, d.r. lamoureux, c.h.; bishop, l.e. collector number: 731 Maui BISH 11/12/1967
16 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Dry forest on lava. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Little Jr., E.L. 31122 Maui BISH 8/26/1976
17 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J.F.C. s.n. Maui BISH 11/1/1910
18 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Gillett, G.W. 2036 Maui BISH 11/26/1966
19 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. collector number: 8642 Maui BISH 11/1/1910
20 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. collector number: 27030 Maui BISH 2/25/1953
21 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herbst, d.r. collector number: 1173 Maui BISH 6/25/1968
22 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J.F.C. 27030 Maui BISH 2/25/1953
23 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Vegetation: Degraded foreest, remnant trees scattered in cattle pasture, now fenced and being restored. Nestegis, Pleomele, Dodonaea, Streblus, Ochrosia, Polyscias, Metrosideros, Planchonella, Melicope, Osteomeles, Cocculus, Bocconia, Pennisetum, Lantana, Senecio, Melinis, Asclepias, Pteris. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H91204 Maui BISH 9/10/2012
24 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Home garden, in taro patch. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN h. st. john 26870 Molokai BISH 6/30/1972
25 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information One tree seen in dry open forest on aa (rough) lava. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN fosberg, f.r. collector number: 42017 Maui BISH 9/3/1961
26 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN gillett, g.w. collector number: 2036 Maui BISH 11/26/1966
27 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Near bottom of crater in deep shade PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 2405.m Hawaii BISH 3/17/1920
28 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 2405.M Maui BISH 3/17/1920
29 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J.F.C. 8642 Maui BISH 11/1/1910
30 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Scheuer, P.J. s.n. Maui BISH 9/1/1959
31 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information On dry a`a lava in open, native forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D.R. 731 Maui BISH 11/12/1967
32 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Dry forest on lava. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN little jr., e.l. collector number: 31122 Maui BISH 8/26/1976
33 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D.R. 1173 Maui BISH 6/25/1968
34 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information One tree seen in dry open forest on aa (rough) lava. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Fosberg, F.R. 42017 Maui BISH 9/3/1961
35 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 2017.m Maui BISH 3/18/1920
36 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN scheuer, p.j. collector number: s.n. Maui BISH 9/1/1959
37 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 264 Maui PTBG 1/7/1979
38 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 14157 Maui PTBG 5/3/1994
39 Alectryon macrococcus var. auwahiensis G.Linney Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 2017.M Maui BISH 3/18/1920
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