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Melicope christophersenii

(H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone (1989)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Sapindales Family: Rutaceae Genus: Melicope

alani, alani kuahiwi

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Shrubs or trees 3–6 m tall, new growth yellowish brown appressed hirtellous, branches and petioles glabrate.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades elliptic–ovate, broadly elliptic, elliptic–obovate, or suborbicular, 4.5–12 cm long, 2.5–8 cm wide. Apex rounded, ± emarginate. Base rounded or subtruncate. Upper surfaces glabrate or midrib with a few persistent hairs; lower surfaces glabrate or very sparsely puberulent, midrib ± moderately puberulent; blades coriaceous. Margins entire. Primary lateral veins usually 10–14 pairs, prominent on lower surface, connected by a moderately arched vein 2–5(–9) mm from margin, venation pinnate, higher order venation forming a reticulate pattern. Petioles stout, 10–42 mm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers 3–15 in cymes 2–5 cm long, peduncles 5–15 mm long, sparsely puberulent toward apex, becoming glabrate, pedicels 2–5 mm long, appressed puberulent. Flowers functionally unisexual (and the plants monoecious). Calyx of 4 sepals; Sepals of staminate flowers ovate, 4–5 mm long, densely puberulent, imbricate. Corolla of 4 petals, valvate; petals of staminate flowers deltate, 6–8 mm long, sparsely appressed puberulent near apex, nectary disk and rudimentary ovary appressed short-hirtellous. Stamens 8, in 2 whorls, distinct. Ovary superior; pistillate flowers not seen.

Fruit: Capsules 25–40 mm wide; carpels connate ¼–⅓ their length; 12–20 mm long; ± recurved; exocarp minutely puberulent at least toward base; endocarp puberulent; sometimes more densely so near inner suture. flowers bracts small; opposite. Seeds ca. 6 mm long. Seeds 1–2 per cell; glossy black when ripe; crustaceous; ovoid; sometimes angled from compression; embryo straight in fleshy endosperm; radicle short; cotyledons compressed; ovate; putamen brown; warty.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Rare in wet forest.

Elevation Range: 910–1,220 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

O'ahu Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Taxon 38: 121 (1989)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1184 (O [as Pelea christophersenii]); Hartley & Stone 1989:121 (COMBNOV:Syn. P. christophersenii)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Low, wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN hume, e.p. st.john, h. collector number: 548 Oahu BISH 4/24/1932
2 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.; Lau, J.; Perlman, S. P. 2084 Oahu US 9/4/1992
3 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Dicranopteris Montane Wet Forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 5598 Oahu PTBG 9/8/1996
4 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Dicranopteris montane mesic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 1562 Oahu PTBG 1/3/1992
5 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 8545 Oahu PTBG 6/22/2000
6 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 8555 Oahu PTBG 6/24/2000
7 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. wood, j. lau & s. p. perlman 2084 Hawaii US 9/4/1992
8 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wagner, W. L.; Takeuchi, W. N.; Obata, J.; Yee, R. 5100 Oahu US 12/11/1983
9 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN w. l. wagner, w. n. takeuchi, j. obata & r. yee 5100 Oahu US 12/11/1983
10 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Christophersen, E. 1804 Oahu BISH 5/10/1931
11 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 19420 Oahu BISH 2/22/1949
12 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Christophersen, E. 1804 Oahu BISH 5/10/1931
13 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Suehiro, A. s.n. Oahu BISH 11/6/1932
14 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wet shady gulch PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wagner, w.l. takeuchi, w.; obata, j.; r.yee collector number: 5100 Kauai BISH 5/6/1932
15 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Moist woods near summit PRESERVED_SPECIMEN st.john, h. collector number: 12216 Oahu BISH 5/6/1932
16 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Russ, G.W. s.n. Oahu BISH 5/8/1933
17 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN higashino, p.k. obata, j. collector number: 5083 Oahu BISH 11/26/1977
18 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN mann, h. brigham, w.t. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH
19 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. clay, h.f.; greenwell, a. collector number: 19420 Oahu BISH 2/22/1949
20 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herat, t. herat, r. collector number: 517 Oahu BISH 9/30/1973
21 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Mann, H. s.n. Oahu BISH 2/6/1905
22 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information moist woods PRESERVED_SPECIMEN christophersen, e. hume collector number: 1804 Oahu BISH 5/10/1931
23 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN christophersen, e. hume, e.p. collector number: 1804 Molokai BISH 5/10/1931
24 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN christophersen, e. hume, e.p. collector number: 1804 Oahu BISH 5/10/1931
25 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wooded ridge. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN hume, e.p. collector number: 498 Oahu BISH 2/14/1932
26 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN christophersen, e. hume collector number: 1804 Oahu BISH 5/10/1931
27 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Rain forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN st.john, h. collector number: 12928 Oahu BISH 1/8/1933
28 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wagner, W.L. 5100 Oahu BISH 5/6/1932
29 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Higashino, P.K. 5083 Oahu BISH 11/26/1977
30 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Top, in wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Christophersen, E. 1690 Oahu BISH 4/3/1931
31 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Rain forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St. John, H. 12928 Oahu BISH 1/8/1933
32 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herat, T. 517 Oahu BISH 9/30/1973
33 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. ordonez, e. collector number: 12147 Oahu BISH 7/3/1938
34 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN russ, g.w. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 5/8/1933
35 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 12147 Oahu BISH 7/3/1938
36 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Top, in wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN christophersen, e. wilder, g.p.; hume, e.p. collector number: 1690 Oahu BISH 4/3/1931
37 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wooded ridge. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hume, E.P. 498 Oahu BISH 2/14/1932
38 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Moist woods near summit PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St. John, H. 12216 Oahu BISH 5/6/1932
39 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN c. r. annable 3215 NY 1/4/1997
40 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Mesic ridge PRESERVED_SPECIMEN C. R. Annable 3215 NY 1/4/1997
41 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Marc Appelhans MA617 Oahu PTBG 9/20/2016
42 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 8547 Oahu PTBG 6/24/2000
43 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros montane wet forest and ridge PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 7894 Oahu PTBG 7/3/1999
44 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Dicranopteris Wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 2084 Oahu PTBG 9/4/1992
45 Melicope christophersenii (H.St.John) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Low, wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hume, E.P. 548 Oahu BISH 4/24/1932
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