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Dracaena fernaldii

(H.St.John) Jankalski (2008)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Asparagales Family: Asparagaceae Genus: Dracaena

hala pepe, halapepe, le‘ie [leie]

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Trees 6–8 m tall.

Stems: Few–branched.

Roots: Fibrous root system.

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate-spiralling. Blades leaves linear, gradually tapering in upper ⅓, 17–40 cm long, 1.2–2.3 cm wide. Base sessile. Blades subcoriaceous. Margins entire. Veins parallel. Sessile. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in panicles slender, slightly glaucous, 24–44 cm long, the lower lateral branches ca. 5–10 cm long, peduncles 8–13 cm long, abruptly recurved. Flowers bisexual (perfect); pedicels 4–7 mm long. Perianth greenish yellow or yellowish green, 23–30 mm long, tube 14–18 mm long, constricted basal part ca. 2–2.5 mm long, lobes spreading to somewhat reflexed, 8–12 mm long; anthers 3.5–4 mm long. Stamens 6, inserted at base of perianth tube. Ovary superior, 3-celled; ovules 1 per cell; style filiform; stigma capitate or slightly lobed.

Fruit: Berries bright red; 8–12 mm long. Seeds 1–3; 4–8 mm long.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Occurring in remnant dry forest.

Elevation Range: 490–670 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Lana'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Sansevieria 18: 20 (2008)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1352 (as Pleomele fernaldii/L); Jankalski 2008:20 (proposed transfer to COMBNOV Dracaena fernaldii); Lu & Morden 2014:101 (COMBNOV, Pleomele fernaldii = Chrysodracon fernaldii)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 24297 Lanai BISH 8/10/1957
2 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN st john, h. & cowan, r.s.; st john, h. & cowan, r.s. 22666 GA 4/6/1947
3 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Mesic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 12047 Lanai PTBG 8/16/2006
4 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN G. L. Webster|Roman Gankin|D. Herbst TEX 6/25/1968
5 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN David Palumbo 32 Lanai PTBG 11/16/1981
6 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Shrubby, occasionally foggy, slope. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN O. Degener; I. Degener 24297 SFV 8/10/1957
7 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN e. ordonez 12960 Lanai US 7/14/1940
8 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Disturbed, upland dry-mesic forest, full sun. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN st.john, h. cowan, r.s. collector number: 22631 Oahu BISH 4/5/1947
9 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St. John, H. 22595 Lanai BISH 4/4/1947
10 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Lower edge of forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St. John, H. 22666 Lanai BISH 4/6/1947
11 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Arid region. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN st.john, h. cowan, r.s. collector number: 22602 Molokai BISH 4/4/1947
12 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St. John, H. 22602 Lanai BISH 4/4/1947
13 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Munro, G.C. 324 Lanai BISH 4/4/1914
14 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN st.john, h. cowan, r.s. collector number: 22666 Kauai BISH 4/6/1947
15 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Munro, G.C. 38 Lanai BISH 4/4/1914
16 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information on west facing slope, one third of the way down slope from ridgetop planted in Pinus, near edge of monotypic Psidium cattleianum. Vegetation: Metrosideros, Dicranopteris, Diplopterygium, Psychotria, Bobea, Freycinetia, Psydrax, Diospyros, Nestegis, Myrsine, Xylosma, Antidesma, Vaccinium, Pittosporum, Wikstroemia, Alyxia, Psidium, Leptospermum, Pinus. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Oppenheimer, H.L. H70908 Lanai BISH 7/7/2009
17 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Growing Digitaria, Bidens molokaiensis, Lipochaeta integrifolia, Sida and Chenopodium on ledges on steep cliff face. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN st.john, h. cowan, r.s. collector number: 22595 Molokai BISH 4/4/1947
18 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Gillett GW Gillett, GW 1744 L 4/21/1965
19 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Lower edge of forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St. John H; Cowan RS St. John, H; Cowan, RS 22666 L 4/6/1947
20 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Lower edge of forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN st.john, h. cowan, r.s. collector number: 22666 Lanai BISH 4/6/1947
21 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information moist wooded gulch PRESERVED_SPECIMEN st.john, h. cowan, r.s. collector number: 22651 Lanai BISH 4/6/1947
22 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information moist wooded gulch PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St. John, H. 22651 Lanai BISH 4/6/1947
23 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN st.john, h. cowan, r.s. collector number: 22602 Lanai BISH 4/4/1947
24 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN munro, g.c. collector number: 038 Lanai BISH 4/4/1914
25 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Munro, G.C. 419 Lanai BISH 5/16/1929
26 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN munro, g.c. collector number: 419 Kauai BISH 5/16/1929
27 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Intertidal PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. collector number: 24297 Necker BISH 8/10/1957
28 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information lower forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN st.john, h. eames, a.j. collector number: 18754 Lanai BISH 4/9/1938
29 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN st.john, h. cowan, r.s. collector number: 22595 Lanai BISH 4/4/1947
30 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information lower forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St. John, H. 18754 Lanai BISH 4/9/1938
31 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN munro, g.c. collector number: 324 Lanai BISH 4/4/1914
32 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Decadent forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 22171 Lanai BISH 3/2/1952
33 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Decadent forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. collector number: 22171 Lanai BISH 3/2/1952
34 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St. John, H. 22631 Lanai BISH 4/5/1947
35 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information on steep, dry slopes PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst D; Spence G Herbst, D; Spence, G 5298 L 5/2/1975
36 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Small kipuka, with ulei, sandalwood, mamane, sisal, etc. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Meinecke WH Meinecke, WH s.n. L 3/11/1975
37 Dracaena fernaldii (H.St.John) Jankalski Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Teraoka W; Kennedy H Teraoka, W; Kennedy, H 12 L 4/20/1979
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