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Tetramolopium rockii

Sherff (1934)

This name is accepted

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

dune tetramolopium, Joseph Rock's tetramolopium, pamakani

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Prostrate, decumbent, or mat-forming shrub, 5-20 cm tall.

Stems:

Roots: Roots a tap root.

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades spatulate Apex mucronate. Margins entire.

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

Molokai Endemic
Lana'i Endemic
Maui Endemic
Hawai'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Bot. Gaz. 95: 500 (1934)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Tetramolopium rockii Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Corn, C. Collector Number: s.n. Molokai BISH 5/17/1982
2 Tetramolopium rockii Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN j. f. rock 10299 GH 3/6/1910
3 Tetramolopium rockii Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN j. f. c. rock 10299 NY 3/7/1910
4 Tetramolopium rockii Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In lithified sand; abundant, yet localized. Sida fallax mixed shrubland, coastal dry with Chamaesyce skottsbergii, Sesbania, Jacquemontia, Chamaesyce degeneri, Scaveola sericea. Threats: Cattle. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. perlman, s. collector number: 0615 Molokai BISH 2/27/1991
5 Tetramolopium rockii Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN J. F. Rock 10299 F 3/1/1910
6 Tetramolopium rockii Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Cultivated PRESERVED_SPECIMEN j. f. rock 10299 NY 3/8/1910
7 Tetramolopium rockii Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Lithified or consolidated white coral sand dunes. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Lowrey 435 Molokai PTBG 7/24/1978
8 Tetramolopium rockii Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Sida fallax mixed shrubland, coastal dry. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 615 Molokai PTBG 2/27/1991
9 Tetramolopium rockii Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN corn, c. collector number: s.n. Molokai BISH 5/17/1982
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