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Schiedea kauaiensis

H.St.John (1988)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-CoreEudicot Order: Caryophyllales Family: Caryophyllaceae Genus: Schiedea

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Erect to ascending subshrubs 3–10 dm tall.

Stems: Stems often swollen at the nodes, terete (cylindrical), 4–angled or –ridged, few–branched, glabrous, becoming sparsely then moderately glandular–puberulent in the inflorescence, the internodes purple.

Roots: Fibrous root system.

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades oblong–elliptic, 7.5–15 cm long, 1.8–4.1 cm wide. Apex acute to weakly acuminate. Base leaf bases often connate around the stem, base gradually attenuate. Surfaces light green or yellowish green; upper surfaces slightly glossy, the Lower surfaces glossy, slightly thickened and rubbery, chartaceous when dry, usually slightly undulate, with only the midvein evident or sometimes with an additional pair of inconspicuous, smaller, looping veins. Margins entire, slightly thickened and weakly revolute, especially toward the base. Midvein ± slightly excentric. Petioles 0.5–1.1 cm long, pale green, purple toward the base, weakly± grooved. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in inflorescence terminal, with 27–70 flowers, 20–48 cm long, diffuse, flowers widely spaced, branches spreading, progressively more densely puberulent to apex, the hairs straight, erect, 0.1–0.35 mm long; bracts subulate, the lowermost of the central axis elliptic-lanceolate, as green as the leaves, recurved and often twisted, the lower ones 30–45 mm long, those of the branches and flowers 5–18 mm long; pedicels (7–)10–23 mm long, elongating slightly in fruit, slightly asymmetrically flattened. Flowers bisexual (perfect). Sepals 4.3–5.1 mm long, lanceolate, green, opaque, strongly reflexed and convex in the proximal ¼, producing a small transverse bulge, the distal part shallowly concave, oriented ca. 40° to 80° angle to the pedicel, glandular–puberulent, a few of the hairs non–glandular, margins scarious, ciliate, apex long–attenuate. Corolla (petals) absent. Stamens 10; filaments dimorphic, the antisepalous whorl 7.5 mm long, the alternate whorl 5.3–5.8 mm long; anthers 0.75–0.85 mm long, subequal, pale yellow. Ovary superior, 1-celled; ovule placentation free-central; styles 3.

Fruit: Capsules 3.1–3.5 mm long; ovoid. Seeds ca. 1.3 mm long; orbicular–reniform; compressed; the surface rugose; perisperm starchy; hard or rarely soft; true endosperm absent.

Ploidy:

Habitat: In open areas of diverse mesic forest.

Elevation Range: 395–800 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Phytologia 64: 177 (1988)

Other References

St. John 1988a:177 (SPNOV/K, DESCR); Russell & Bruegmann 1996a:53115; Wagner et al. 2005:74 (KEY, DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. L. Wagner 6805 Kauai PTBG 2/10/1998
2 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN perlman, s.p. wichman jr., c. collector number: 219 Oahu BISH 9/13/1978
3 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Cultivated. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 18282 Kauai PTBG 10/16/2019
4 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R. 7430 Kauai US 8/13/1998
5 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Diverse Mesic Forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Natalia Tangalin 1953 Kauai PTBG 3/6/2009
6 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Acacia montane mesic forest, PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 15568 Kauai PTBG 7/10/2013
7 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood, s. p. perlman & t. w. flynn 1973 Kauai US 6/11/1992
8 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Montane mesic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood, M. Query & M. Kirkpatrick 15266 Kauai US 10/3/2012
9 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Montane mesic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood, m. query & m. kirkpatrick 15266 Kauai US 10/3/2012
10 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Perlman, S. P.; Flynn, T. W. 1973 Kauai US 6/11/1992
11 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Acacia montane mesic forest, Alphitonia ponderosa, Claoxylon sandwicensis, Myrsine lanaiensis, Wikstroemia furcata, Dodonaea viscosa, Kadua affinis, Melicope ovata, Pleomele aurea, Tetraplasandra kavaiensis, Psychotria greenwelli PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 15266 Kauai BISH 10/3/2012
12 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Acacia montane mesic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 14517 Kauai PTBG 2/14/2011
13 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Mesic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN David H. Lorence 7620 Kauai PTBG 12/22/1994
14 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN s. p. perlman 472 Kauai US 7/13/1979
15 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Above bananas & Neowawraea dead tree. Kukui, Ohia, Dry forest summer assoc. Kokia, Euphorbia, Haeleeleana.Valley 10'X10'patch, growing only 200' from Schiedea membranacea. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. 472 Kauai BISH 7/13/1979
16 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Acacia montane mesic forest, Alphitonia ponderosa, Claoxylon sandwicnesis, Myrsine lanaiensis, Wikstroemia furcata, Dodonaea viscosa, Kadua affinis, K. knudsenii, Melicope ovata, Pleomele aurea, Tetraplasandra kavaiensis, Psychot PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 15568 Kauai BISH 7/10/2013
17 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Moderately wet forest, on ridge top PRESERVED_SPECIMEN christensen, c. collector number: 317 Kauai BISH 3/4/1978
18 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wet forest near edge of pali. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Christensen, C. 290 Kauai BISH 7/30/1977
19 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Eect(?) wall, 60 degree slope, dark porous soil and loose rock, with Ohia, Eugenia, uluhe, Santalum, Diospyros, Psychotria, Hibiscus. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN perlman, s.p. char, w.p.; wichman jr., c. collector number: 218 Kauai BISH 8/16/1978
20 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information On dark soil and loose rock, 60 degree slope, with semiwet ohia, Eugenia, uluhe, Santalum, Diospyros, Psychotria, Hibiscus. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. 219 Kauai BISH 9/13/1978
21 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. P.; Obata, J. 12074 Kauai US 7/10/1991
22 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Kauai diverse mesic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 12074 Kauai PTBG 7/10/1991
23 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Metrosideros shrubland. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 17370 Kauai PTBG 1/3/2001
24 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 7430 Kauai PTBG 8/13/1998
25 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Acacia montane mesic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 15266 Kauai PTBG 10/3/2012
26 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Acacia montane mesic forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 15670.01 Kauai PTBG 9/12/2013
27 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hobdy, R. W. 200 Kauai US 4/29/1970
28 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN r. hobdy 200 Kauai US 4/29/1970
29 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Mesic forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. P.; Wood, K. R.; Querry, M. 25234 Kauai US 10/27/2016
30 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. P. 472 Kauai US 7/13/1979
31 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Mesic forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN S. P. Perlman, K. R. Wood & M. Querry 25234 Kauai US 10/27/2016
32 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Montane mesic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Query, M.; Kirkpatrick, M. 15266 Kauai US 10/3/2012
33 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN s. p. perlman, k. r. wood & m. querry 25234 Kauai US 10/27/2016
34 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood 7430 Oahu US 8/13/1998
35 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information with Acacia koa, Metrosideros polymorpha, Alphitonia, Nestegis, Cryptocarya, Dodonaea, Styphelia, Psidium, Lantana PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lorence, D.H. 7620 Kauai BISH 12/22/1994
36 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Acacia-Metrosideros montane mesic forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 17429 Kauai PTBG 6/14/2017
37 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lydgate, j.m. Kauai BISH
38 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros - Dicranopteris linearis wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 23977 Kauai PTBG 6/6/2014
39 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN s. p. perlman & j. obata 12074 Kauai US 7/10/1991
40 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information East wall, 60 degree slope, dark porous soil and loose rock, with Ohia, Eugenia, uluhe, Santalum, Diospyros, Psychotria, Hibiscus. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. 218 Kauai BISH 8/16/1978
41 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Above bananas & Neowawraea dead tree. Kukui, Ohia, Dry forest summer assoc. Kokia, Euphorbia, Haeleeleana.Valley 10'X10'patch, growing only 200' from Schiedea membranacea. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN perlman, s.p. collector number: 472 Kauai BISH 7/13/1979
42 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Diverse Mesic forest w/ Euphorbia haeleeleana, Isodendrion, Diospyros and more PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. 12074 Kauai BISH 7/10/1991
43 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN christensen, c. collector number: 290 BISH 7/30/1977
44 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Under Koa-Ohia forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hobdy, R.W. 200 Kauai BISH 4/20/1970
45 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Acacia montane mesic forest, Alphitonia ponderosa, Claoxylon sandwicensis, Myrsine lanaiensis, Wikstroemia furcata, Dodonaea viscosa, Kadua affinis, Melicope ovata, Pleomele aurea, Tetraplasandra kavaiensis, Psychotria greenwelli PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. query, m.; kirkpatrick, m. collector number: 15266.00 Kauai BISH 10/3/2012
46 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Moderately wet forest, on ridge top PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Christensen, C. 317 Kauai BISH 3/4/1978
47 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN hobdy, r.w. collector number: 200 BISH 4/20/1970
48 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN perlman, s.p. wichman jr., c. collector number: 219 Maui BISH 9/13/1978
49 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. kirkpatrick, m., perlman, s. collector number: 15568 Oahu BISH
50 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wagner, W.L. 6805 Kauai BISH 2/10/1998
51 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. 472 Kauai BISH 7/13/1979
52 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information with Acacia koa, Metrosideros polymorpha, Alphitonia, Nestegis, Cryptocarya, Dodonaea, Styphelia, Psidium, Lantana PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lorence, d.h. wood, k.r. collector number: 7620 Kauai BISH 12/22/1994
53 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 219 Kauai PTBG 9/13/1978
54 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Diverse mesic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Natalia Tangalin 1981 Kauai PTBG 4/15/2009
55 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Acacia koa- Metrosideros mesic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 25234 Kauai PTBG 10/27/2016
56 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Native cliffs and ridges with level stands of diverse mesic and Metrosideros-Diospyros-Dicranopteris forests. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 1973 Kauai PTBG 6/11/1992
57 Schiedea kauaiensis H.St.John Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Acacia-Metrosideros montane mesic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 15662 Kauai PTBG 9/4/2013
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