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Tetramolopium filiforme var. polyphyllum

(Sherff) Lowrey (1986)

This name is accepted

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

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Mat-forming shrub, 0.05–0.15 m tall.

Stems:

Roots: Roots a tap root.

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades linear or oblanceolate Margins glandular punctate, serrate/dentate or strigose.

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

O'ahu Endemic
Maui Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Allertonia 4(4): 247 (1986)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:365 (O); Oppenheimer & Pezzillo 2024:57 (EM, WM, material closest to var. polyphyllum but possibly an undescribed taxon)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Tetramolopium filiforme var. polyphyllum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen About 50 seen w/ flowers. Perlman, S. 5665 Oahu BISH 1987-04-19
2 Tetramolopium filiforme var. polyphyllum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Hillebrand, W.B. Oahu BISH 1869-08-01
3 Tetramolopium filiforme var. polyphyllum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen lush foliage Lowrey, T.K. 442 Oahu BISH 1979-04-28
4 Tetramolopium filiforme var. polyphyllum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen lush foliage and toothed leaves Lowrey, T.K. 420 Oahu BISH 1978-07-04
5 Tetramolopium filiforme var. polyphyllum Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Original material collected from Waianae Mts., Puu Kalena (SBW-B), ridge east from Kalena in amongst Plantago princeps below the pinnacle (called Plapripri ridge). Preserved_Specimen Weisenberger, L. Oahu BISH 2016-09-28
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