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Cuphea micropetala

Kunth (1824)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Myrtales Family: Lythraceae Genus: Cuphea

Mexican cigar plant

Description

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Only found in cultivation

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 209 (1824)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Cuphea micropetala Waimea Arboretum full sun Preserved_Specimen Diffuse shrubs much branched at or below substrate level. 1 m tall. Flowers orange red proximally grading to creamy yellow distally, aging to a uniform orange red. Flowers odorless (morning) Lau, J. 2350 Oahu BISH 1986-05-05
2 Cuphea micropetala Kilgo's, Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Shrub <2'; stems and young shoots red; leaves green with red at apex and margins; flowers solitry, borne slightly below leaf axils, corolla is inequilateral, orange at base fading to yellow-green at apex, with minute vivid green lobes Staples, G.W. 472 Oahu BISH 1989-07-24
3 Cuphea micropetala Wailua, Wailua Homesteads, on Olohena Road, on North Side of road between bridges after Kamalu and Hauiki. KISC 2007 Early Detection Roadside Survey. Preserved_Specimen Outside of T-pole fence w/ vegetable on inside. Upright growth, stem red. Flower tubular yellow w/ red base, yellow w/ white inside. New flw green 2/ deep purple margin. Scratchy. Tangalin, N. 1619 Kauai BISH 2007-10-11
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