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Lysimachia maxima

(R.Knuth) H.St.John (1987)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Ericales Family: Primulaceae Genus: Lysimachia

lysimachia

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Apparently sprawling shrubs.

Stems: Bark reddish brown, striate, young stems rusty tomentose, soon glabrate.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Whorled (3 leaves per node) well-spaced on the stem. Blades elliptic–obovate, obovate, or oblanceolate, 38–80 mm long, 18–50 mm wide. Apex abruptly acuminate. Base cuneate, sessile. Upper surfaces with a few scattered hairs when young, soon glabrate; lower surfaces sparsely rusty pilose at least when young, blades thin, coriaceous. Margins weakly revolute. Secondary and tertiary veins prominent. Petioles (1)2-3(5) mm long, red at base. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers solitary in leaf axils. Flowers bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic, 6–7-merous, pedicels 20–35 mm long, rusty pilose, bracteate, bracteoles absent. Calyx of 5 sepals, lobes narrowly lanceolate, 8–9 mm long. Corolla probably purple, campanulate, ca. 10–12 mm long, the lobes obovate, imbricate. Stamens as many as and opposite the corolla lobes; filaments connate at base, adnate to corolla tube; anthers dithecal. Ovary superior, 1-celled; ovule placentation free-central; style 1.

Fruit: Capsules not seen. Seeds not seen.

Ploidy:

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Molokai Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Phytologia 64: 47 (1987)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1083 (Mo); Marr & Bohm 1997:273 (KEY, DESCR); Oh et al. 2013:249 (COMBNOV Syn. L. maxima = L. remyi subsp. maxima, not followed)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Lysimachia maxima Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Lowland wet forest; population of 45-50 individuals growing w/Metrosideros, Dicranopteris, Vaccinium, Psychotria, Lycopodium, Machaerina, Hedyotis, Labordia, Cheirodendron, Dubautia, Sadleria, Elaphoglossum, Broussaisia, Styphelia, Scaevola & Cyrtandra. Preserved_Specimen Sturdy upright shrubs w/stems 1-2 m long, often retaining pubescence on the older stem; lvs 3(4) per node, sometimes alternate, red at base, dark green above, lighter green below, w/red strteaks, secondary & tertiary veins prominent, often pellucid; calyx lobes green, corolla lobes red. Marr, K.L. 1136 Molokai BISH 1991-06-11
2 Lysimachia maxima Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 242 Molokai BISH 1912-07-01
3 Lysimachia maxima Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Montane mesic Metrosideros forest Preserved_Specimen Shrub with brown capusles. Anderson, S.J. Molokai BISH 1985-09-24
4 Lysimachia maxima Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Extremely rare, in small gully and on both banks below summit. Vegetation: Metrosideros polymorpha var. polymorpha and var. glaberrima, Cheirodendron trigynum, Melicope clusiifolia, Diplopterygium pinnatum, Cibotium menziesii, Sticherus owhyhensis, Athyrium microphyllum, Astelia menziesiana, Cyanea solenocalyx, Cyrtandra grayana, Smilax melastomifolia, Broussaisia arguta, Anoectochilus sandvicensis, Sadleria pallida, Peperomia Preserved_Specimen Sprawling shrubs, new stems somewhat emergent and ascending Oppenheimer, H.L. 11535 Molokai BISH 2015-01-28
5 Lysimachia maxima Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Lowland wet forest; population of 45-50 individuals growing w/Metrosideros, Dicranopteris, Vaccinium, Psychotria, Lycopodium, Machaerina, Hedyotis, Labordia, Cheirodendron, Dubautia, Sadleria, Elaphoglossum, Broussaisia, Styphelia, Scaevola & Cyrtandra. Preserved_Specimen Sturdy upright shrubs w/stems 1-2 m long, often retaining pubescence on the older stem; lvs 3(4) per node, sometimes alternate, red at base, dark green above, lighter green below, w/red strteaks, secondary & tertiary veins prominent, often pellucid; calyx lobes green, corolla lobes red. Marr, K.L. 1134 Molokai BISH 1991-06-11
6 Lysimachia maxima Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details rappel 30 deg NE aspect, 60% canopy cover, 5 m Metrosideros at 50%, 4 m Psychotria mariniana at 10%, gap with 30% cover of Diplopterygium pinnatum, 5% cover of Hedyotis hillebrandii, 5% Broussaisia; Dubautia plantaginea, Clermontia kakeana, Coprosma pubens, Lobelia hypoleuca, Trematolobelia, Hedyotis terminalis, Labordia waiolani, Cibotium glaucum Preserved_Specimen shrub, few 3 m long diffuse branches red-brown; stems 1.5 cm thick creeping decumbent with adventitious roots along nodes; leaves light green reticulet, purple at base and down petiole, old capsules Wood, K.R. 11351 Molokai BISH 2005-05-23
7 Lysimachia maxima Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Molokai BISH
8 Lysimachia maxima Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 242 Molokai BISH 1912-07-01
9 Lysimachia maxima Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hillebrand, W.B. Molokai BISH
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