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Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri

J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. (1989)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Myrtales Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Metrosideros

‘ōhi‘a, ‘ōhi‘a lehua, lehua

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Description

Key Characters: Trees; Leaves glabrous, inflorescence whooly (tomentose); Blades broadly obovate to oblong, 4-6 cm long, 3-4 cm wide; 6-10 mm long.

Growth Form: Small trees to 7 m tall,

Stems: Bark fissured, flaky, branchlets obscurely 4-angled, vegetative buds unusually large, obovoid, 2-3 cm long, 2 cm wide, scales red, broadly ovate to almost orbicular, sometimes emarginate, fimbriate, 1.5-2.5 cm long, 1-1.5 cm wide.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blade broadly obovate to oblong, 4-6 cm long, 3-4 cm wide. Apexbroadly rounded. Base cuneate to cordate. Upper surfaces glabrous; lower surfaces glabrous. Margins entire and flat. Lowermost 2-3 pairs of secondary veins raised and prominent, radiating from the base of the lamina. Petioles 6-10 mm long, 2-3 mm wide. Stipules vestigial or absent.

Flowers: Flowers in inflorescences inflorescences of 3-4 pairs of cymules with a dense, woolly, white to pale gray pubescence on all external parts, peduncles 5-18 mm long, 2-3 mm wide; bracts ovate to almost orbicular, 6-10 mm long, 4-6 mm wide. Flowers red, bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic; pedicels 2-3 mm long, 2 mm wide; hypanthium 6-7 mm high, 7-8 mm wide. Sepals triangular, acute, 3.5-4 mm high, 2.5-3 mm wide. Petals more or less orbicular, 3.5-5 mm long, 3-4.5 mm wide. Stamens 20-25 mm long. Ovary nearly superior; style 25-30 mm long.

Fruit: Fruiting hypanthium pubescent; 5.5-6 mm long; 6.5-7 mm wide; capsules only slightly exserted.

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range: 700-1300 m

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 29: 108 (1989)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:967 (K)

Wagner, W.L., Herbst, D.R., & Sohmer, S.H. (1989). Contributions to the flora of Hawaii. II. Begoniaceae-Violaceae and the Monocotyledons. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, 29, 88-130.

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information side gulch after second stream crossing, *250 sq m plot PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 12944 Kauai BISH 4/24/2008
2 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros polymorpha montane wet forest with Metrosideros polymorpha var. glaberrima, Cheirodendron spp., Dicranopteris linearis, Diplopterygium pinnatum, Hedychium gardnerianum, Spzygium sandwicensis, Smilax melastomifolia, Luzula hawaiiensis. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Walsh, S. SKW665 Kauai BISH 1/3/2019
3 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hobdy, R.W. 3335 Kauai BISH 6/18/1991
4 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information side gulch after second stream crossing, *250 sq m plot PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. nepokroeff, m.; sear, d. collector number: 12944 Kauai BISH 4/24/2008
5 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Pihea Wet forest Cheidrondron spp., Dicranopteris linearis, Sadleria sp. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wolkis, D. DMW1200 Kauai BISH 1/14/2019
6 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros mixed wet forest. W/Cheirodendron, Dodonaea viscosa, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Dicranopteris linearis, Scaevola procerta, Leptecophylla tameiameiae, Sadleria pallida, S. cyatheoides, S. souleyetiana PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. horn, j.; query, m. collector number: 14667 Kauai BISH 5/13/2011
7 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN stemmermann, r.l. canfield, j. collector number: 6736 Kauai BISH 3/16/1981
8 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood 12944 NY 4/24/2008
9 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros mesic to wet forest. Along stream. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Seana Walsh SKW699 Kauai PTBG 3/7/2019
10 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Acacia Lowland Mesic Forest encrouched by secondary vegetation. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 3458 Kauai PTBG 8/26/1994
11 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Mixed mesophytic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN David H. Lorence 6449 Kauai PTBG 5/31/1990
12 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros- Dicranopteris linearis wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Natalia Tangalin 670 Kauai PTBG 1/5/2006
13 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Montane wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Dustin Wolkis DMW1164 Kauai PTBG 11/9/2017
14 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros polymorpha montane wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Seana Walsh SKW666 Kauai PTBG 1/3/2019
15 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros polymorpha montane wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Seana Walsh SKW611 Kauai PTBG 8/18/2018
16 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros polymorpha montane wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Seana Walsh SKW665 Kauai PTBG 1/3/2019
17 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Montane wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Dustin Wolkis DMW1163 Kauai PTBG 11/9/2017
18 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros Montane Wet Mixed community with sedges, grasses, and bryophytes. Epiphytes are common in the shrub layer. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 939 Kauai PTBG 6/18/1991
19 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Nearly pristine low, mossy wet forest with Metrosideros polymorpha vars. dominant. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN David H. Lorence 6790 Kauai PTBG 5/20/1991
20 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros mixed wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 14679 Kauai PTBG 5/13/2011
21 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros lowland bog adjacent to Metrosideros-Dicranopteris wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Seana Walsh SKW701 Kauai PTBG 3/15/2019
22 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros and Cheirodendron wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Seana Walsh SKW661 Kauai PTBG 11/15/2018
23 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information `Ohia-koa wet forest, along trail. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. L. Wagner 7002 Kauai PTBG 10/20/2004
24 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros lowland bog adjacent to Metrosideros-Dicranopteris wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Seana Walsh SKW703 Kauai PTBG 3/15/2019
25 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Steep North-facing upper slopes of Kalalau Valley, in Metrosideros-Dicranopteris Fern Forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Adam M. Williams AMW533 Kauai PTBG 11/14/2018
26 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Ohia/Uluhe Fern Forest. Wet-mesic slopes overlooking the Napali Coast. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Adam M. Williams AMW478 Kauai PTBG 10/24/2017
27 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros mixed wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 14667 Kauai PTBG 5/13/2011
28 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Dustin Wolkis DMW1200 Kauai PTBG 1/14/2019
29 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. L. Wagner 7011 Kauai PTBG 10/20/2004
30 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Ridge PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Ayako Izuno 227 Kauai PTBG 7/22/2019
31 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Rocky lava soil. This was the dominant tree of the region. Many orchids. Tropical. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN d. h. lorence, t. w. flynn, d. blaxell, s. darwin & a. mccartney 6449 WCW 5/31/1990
32 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Maggie Sporck-Koehler MJSK21 Kauai PTBG 5/30/2017
33 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros polymorpha wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Seana Walsh SKW633 Kauai PTBG 10/4/2018
34 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Natalia Tangalin 5015 Kauai PTBG 12/5/2018
35 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 12944 Kauai PTBG 4/24/2008
36 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros polymorpha montane wet forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Seana Walsh SKW622 Kauai PTBG 8/19/2018
37 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Ohia-koa wet forest, along trail. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. L. Wagner 7013 Kauai PTBG 10/20/2004
38 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Ohia-koa wet forest, along trail. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. L. Wagner 7012 Kauai PTBG 10/20/2004
39 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Dicranopteris lowland wet shrubland with small pockets of mixed wet forest below ridgeline. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 15255 Kauai PTBG 9/21/2012
40 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Ohia-koa wet forest, along trail. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. L. Wagner 7010 Kauai PTBG 10/20/2004
41 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. L. Wagner 7014 Kauai PTBG 10/20/2004
42 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. L. Wagner, T. W. Flynn, D. H. Lorence & P. Julian 7014 Kauai US 10/20/2004
43 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wagner, W. L.; Flynn, T. W.; Lorence, D. H.; Julian, P. 7012 Kauai US 10/20/2004
44 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN t. b. croat 44883 Kauai US 12/3/1978
45 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Horn, J. W.; Query, M. 14679 Kauai US 5/13/2011
46 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Lowland wet shrubland. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Query, M. 15255 Kauai US 9/21/2012
47 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN a. s. hitchcock 15430 Kauai US 10/21/1916
48 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood, J. Horn & M. Query 14667 Kauai US 5/13/2011
49 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lorence, D. H.; Flynn, T. W.; Wood, K. 6790 Kauai US 5/20/1991
50 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood, j. horn & m. query 14679 Kauai US 5/13/2011
51 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Croat, T. B. 44869 Kauai US 12/2/1978
52 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Croat, T. B. 44883 Kauai US 12/3/1978
53 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Lowland wet shrubland. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood & m. query 15255 Kauai US 9/21/2012
54 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Lowland wet shrubland. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood & M. Query 15255 Kauai US 9/21/2012
55 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood, j. horn & m. query 14667 Kauai US 5/13/2011
56 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wagner, W. L.; Flynn, T. W.; Lorence, D. H.; Julian, P. 7014 Kauai US 10/20/2004
57 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN d. h. lorence, t. w. flynn & k. wood 6790 Hawaii US 5/20/1991
58 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood, J. Horn & M. Query 14679 Kauai US 5/13/2011
59 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Hitchcock, A. S. 15430 Kauai US 10/21/2016
60 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN w. l. wagner, t. w. flynn, d. h. lorence & p. julian 7012 Kauai US 10/20/2004
61 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN t. b. croat 44869 Kauai US 12/2/1978
62 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Horn, J. W.; Query, M. 14667 Kauai US 5/13/2011
63 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN w. l. wagner, t. w. flynn, d. h. lorence & p. julian 7014 Kauai US 10/20/2004
64 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lorence, D. H.; Flynn, T. W.; Blaxell, D.; Darwin, S.; McCartney, A. 6449 Kauai US 5/31/1990
65 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information on hummocks in swampy soil; black soil, high organic matter PRESERVED_SPECIMEN leila m. shultz; john a. mcreynolds 11624 USU 3/8/1991
66 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information on hummocks in swampy soil; black soil, high organic matter PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Leila M. Shultz; John A. McReynolds 11624 UTC
67 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN W. L. Wagner, T. W. Flynn, D. H. Lorence & P. Julian 7012 Kauai US 10/20/2004
68 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros polymorpha montane wet forest with Metrosideros polymorpha var. glaberrima, Cheirodendron spp., Dicranopteris linearis, Diplopterygium pinnatum, Hedychium gardnerianum, Spzygium sandwicensis, Smilax melastomifolia, Luzula hawaiiensis. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Walsh, S. SKW666 Kauai BISH 1/3/2019
69 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. Kauai BISH
70 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros dominated forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 3837 Kauai PTBG 3/21/1990
71 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN hobdy, r.w. perlman, s.; wood, k.r. collector number: 3335 Kauai BISH 6/18/1991
72 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Under Aleurites trees PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. query, m. collector number: 15255.00 Oahu BISH 9/21/2012
73 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Dawson, J.W. s.n. Kauai BISH 6/4/1983
74 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN dawson, j.w. collector number: s.n. Kauai BISH 6/4/1983
75 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Stemmermann, R.L. 6736 Kauai BISH 3/16/1981
76 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros mixed wet forest. W/Cheirodendron, Dodonaea viscosa, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Dicranopteris linearis, Scaevola procerta, Leptecophylla tameiameiae, Sadleria pallida, S. cyatheoides, S. souleyetiana PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 14667 Kauai BISH 5/13/2011
77 Metrosideros polymorpha var. dieteri J.W.Dawson & Stemmerm. Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros-Dicranopteris lowland wet shrubland with small pockets of mixed wet forest below ridgeline with Broussaisia arguta, Melicope feddei, Psychotria mariniana & P. wawrae, Kadua affinis, Antidesma platyphylla, Alyxia stellata, Syzygium sandwicensis, Dubautia laxa PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 15255 Kauai BISH 9/21/2012
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