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Helodeaster erici

(C.N.Forbes) G.L.Nesom (2020)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Genus: Helodeaster

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Short, rhizomatous perennial herbs.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Basal. oblong, rarely oblong-oblanceolate, 0.8-1.3(-1.8) cm long, 0.2-0.45 cm wide sessile and +/- clasping the stem, with l-3 bracts per scape that are slightly larger and more leaf-like toward base glabrous, sometimes sparsely hirtellous on margins and veins, the hairs usually golden or purplish, rarely also with a few scattered, subsessile, globose glands Margins serrate in upper 1/2, glabrous or sparsely hirtellous.

Flowers:

Fruit: Fruit a simple; dry; achene (cypsela)

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Phytoneuron 2020-54: 2 (2020)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:329 (K [as Lagenifera erici]); Nicolson 1999:376 (Lagenophora conserved over Lagenifera); Nesom 2000:58/Nesom 2001a:514 (Syn. L. erici = Keysseria erici); Nesom 2020:2 (COMBNOV, Syn. K. erici = H. erici)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Helodeaster erici Hanalei District. Northeast Alakai. Forest, bogs and drainages, Metrosideros-Cheirodendron montane wet forest, bogs and riparian habitats with Broussaisia arguta, Dubautia paleata, Labordia waialealae, L. pumila, Polyscias waialealae, Vaccinium calycinum, Pipturus ruber, Descampsia nubigena, Machaerina angustifolia, Melicope cluslifolia, Preserved_Specimen Wood, K.R. 17914 Kauai BISH 2018-08-14
2 Helodeaster erici Alakai Swamp, along trail from Lehua maka noe to Kilohana Preserved_Specimen Cranwell, L.M. 2877 Kauai BISH 1938-08-14
3 Helodeaster erici Kauai Preserved_Specimen Christophersen, E. Kauai BISH 1925-03-01
4 Helodeaster erici Alakai Swamp; near the Kilohana Lookout In open bog. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 2439 Kauai BISH 1972-05-23
5 Helodeaster erici Alakai Swamp Open bog. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 23061 Kauai BISH 1947-12-25
6 Helodeaster erici NW end of Alakai Swamp, Na Pali-Kona Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 10800 Kauai BISH 1930-12-27
7 Helodeaster erici Alakai Swamp Trail; 2.5 miles from head near Kokee towards Kalalau Open bog, growing in Oreobolus sod. Preserved_Specimen Lowrey, T.K. 440 Kauai BISH 1979-04-22
8 Helodeaster erici N Bog, N of Alakai trail along Wainiha Valley rim. Metrosideros mixed bog, rolling hills of pali in wind swept zone w. Metrosideros polymorpha var. pumila and M. P. glaberrima, Dicranopteris linearis, Machaerina angustifolia, Carex spp, Rhnchospora spp, Vaccinium spp, Lobelia villosa, Labordia pumila, Lagenifer Preserved_Specimen Wood, K.R. 12540 Kauai BISH 2007-09-08
9 Helodeaster erici Alakai Swamp, N of Kilohana, near Wainiha Rim, transect 8 In Metrosideros-Cheirodendron montane wet forest w/ Cibotium, Vaccinium, Myrsine, Rhynchospora, Viola, Melicope, Styphelia, Stenogyne, Drosera, Lagenifera, Dubautia paleata, Labordia, Coprosma. Preserved_Specimen Perlman, S. 9181 Kauai BISH 1988-05-16
10 Helodeaster erici Alakai Swamp Trail; 5th bog complex Intermingled with mat-forming elements like bryophytes, Panicum spp., etc. Colony 6 ft. diameter near the pool, on a flat surface resembling a putting green. Preserved_Specimen Takeuchi, W.N. 110 Kauai BISH 1983-07-31
11 Helodeaster erici Alakai Swamp; ca. 3 miles along Alakai-Kilohana Trail Large colony on floor & in Oreobolus tussocks of open bog. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 2180 Kauai BISH 1971-10-03
12 Helodeaster erici Waimea Drainage Basin, west side, Alakai Swamp, Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 882 Kauai BISH 1917-07-03
13 Helodeaster erici Alakai Swamp Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 17287 Kauai BISH 1920-01-01
14 Helodeaster erici Alakai Swamp, west of rain gauge Preserved_Specimen Flynn, T.W. 826 Kauai BISH 1984-04-24
15 Helodeaster erici Waimea Drainage Basin, west side, Alakai Swamp, Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 882 Kauai BISH 1917-07-03
16 Helodeaster erici Kilohana, rain gauge bog Preserved_Specimen Takeuchi, W.N. 108 Kauai BISH 1983-07-31
17 Helodeaster erici Kilohana, rain gauge bog Preserved_Specimen Takeuchi, W.N. 108 Kauai BISH 1983-07-31
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