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Lysimachia filifolia

C.N.Forbes & Lydgate (1916)

This name is accepted

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

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Small shrubs 1.5–5 dm tall.

Stems: Young stems viscid or glabrous to sparsely pubescent.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate, but often closely spaced and appearing subopposite or subverticillate. Blades linear–filiform, 15–54 mm long, 0.3–1.8 mm wide. Apex bluntly acute. Surfaces glabrous or sparsely puberulent. Margins entire. 1-veined. Sessile. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic, solitary in the leaf axils, 5–6-merous, pedicels ca. 18–30 mm long, elongating to 45–60 mm long in fruit, viscid or sparsely puberulent, bracteate, bracteoles absent. Calyx of 5 sepals; Calyx lobes narrowly lanceolate, 4–5.3 mm long, enlarging up to ca. 6 mm long in fruit. Corolla reddish purple, campanulate, 6–10 mm long, the lobes narrowly obovate, imbricate. Stamens as many as and opposite the corolla lobes; filaments connate at base, adnate to corolla tube; anthers dithecal.

Fruit: Capsules ovoid; thick and hard; 5–6 mm long; regularly dehiscent. Seeds numerous; nearly black; irregularly shaped; 1–1.1 mm long; seed coat crustaceous.

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic
O'ahu Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Occas. Pap. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Mus. 6(1): 74 (1916)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1080 (K, O); Marr & Bohm 1997:266 (KEY, DESCR); Wood 2012:97 (REDISCOVER/K); Wood & Kirkpatrick 2014:30 (REDISCOVER/K)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood, s. wood & m. doyle 95 Kauai US 8/10/1988
2 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Cultivated. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 14727 Kauai PTBG 7/20/2011
3 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros wet forest with wet cliff communities. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 12774 Kauai PTBG 1/12/2008
4 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros wet forest with wet diff communities. W/ Cheirodendron, Pipturus spp., Dubautia, Cyrtandra, Kadua centranthoides, K. elatior, K. foggiana, Psychotria, Melicope, Machaerina, Isachne, with ferns of Microlepia, Asplenium, Christella, Deparia. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. collector number: 12774 Kauai BISH 1/12/2008
5 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. marr & d. d. palmer 797 Oahu US 6/3/1991
6 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 14727 Kauai US 7/20/2011
7 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood 14727 Kauai US 7/20/2011
8 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. Marr & D. Palmer 792 Oahu US 6/3/1991
9 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN marr, k; palmer, d YPM 11/8/1991
10 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. marr & d. palmer 792 Oahu US 6/3/1991
11 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Obata, J.K. 90-705 Oahu BISH 6/28/1990
12 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN obata, j.k. perlman, s. collector number: 90-705 Oahu BISH 6/28/1990
13 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. Marr & D. D. Palmer 797 F 6/3/1991
14 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros wet forest with wet diff communities. W/ Cheirodendron, Pipturus spp., Dubautia, Cyrtandra, Kadua centranthoides, K. elatior, K. foggiana, Psychotria, Melicope, Machaerina, Isachne, with ferns of Microlepia, Asplenium, Christella, Deparia. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 12774 Kauai BISH 1/12/2008
15 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. collector number: 14727 Hawaii BISH 7/20/2011
16 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lydgate, j.m. collector number: s.n. Lanai BISH 1/8/1912
17 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros wet forest with wet diff communities. W/ Cheirodendron, Pipturus spp., Dubautia, Cyrtandra, Kadua centranthoides, K. elatior, K. foggiana, Psychotria, Melicope, Machaerina, Isachne, with ferns of Microlepia, Asplenium, Christella, Deparia. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 12764 Kauai BISH 1/12/2008
18 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Against cliff face on the W fork, on sheer rock face where water drips. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN obata, j.k. perlman, s.; marr, k.; hill, r. collector number: 90-703 Oahu BISH 6/28/1990
19 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information On face of a vertical dry waterfall; assoc. w/Isachne, Eupatorium & Selaginella. Grows in well aerated vertical wet rock face. C PRESERVED_SPECIMEN obata, j.k. fenstemacher, r. collector number: 90-689 Oahu BISH 1/14/1990
20 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Plant growing on rock faces of 3 large waterfalls in this area. Found only where exposed to direct spray of waterfall. Also growing in this area are Pelea, Selaginella, Eragrostis variabilis, Blechnum, Cuphea, liverworts & mosses. Sample from 3rd waterfall from SW end of ditch trail PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Funk, E.J. 211 Oahu BISH 1/8/1984
21 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Against cliff face on the W fork, on sheer rock face where water drips. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Obata, J.K. 90-703 Oahu BISH 6/28/1990
22 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lydgate, J.M. s.n. Kauai BISH 1/1/1912
23 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Cultivated PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 14727 Kauai BISH 7/20/2011
24 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information On face of a vertical dry waterfall; assoc. w/Isachne, Eupatorium & Selaginella. Grows in well aerated vertical wet rock face. C PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Obata, J.K. 90-689 Oahu BISH 1/14/1990
25 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Plant growing on rock faces of 3 large waterfalls in this area. Found only where exposed to direct spray of waterfall. Also growing in this area are Pelea, Selaginella, Eragrostis variabilis, Blechnum, Cuphea, liverworts & mosses. Sample from 3rd waterfall from SW end of ditch trail PRESERVED_SPECIMEN funk, e.j. palmer, d.; bruegmann, m.; wong, s. collector number: 211 Oahu BISH 1/8/1984
26 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros wet forest with wet diff communities. W/ Cheirodendron, Pipturus spp., Dubautia, Cyrtandra, Kadua centranthoides, K. elatior, K. foggiana, Psychotria, Melicope, Machaerina, Isachne, with ferns of Microlepia, Asplenium, Christella, Deparia. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. collector number: 12764 Kauai BISH 1/12/2008
27 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN v. j. krajina o. degener's no.17666 NY 7/26/1926
28 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros wet forest with wet cliff communities. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 12764 Kauai PTBG 1/12/2008
29 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Closed Metrosideros lowland wet forest, 8-12 m canopy, surrounded by steep valley walls with Dicranopteris and mixed shrubs. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 15697 Kauai PTBG 10/10/2013
30 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 19830 Oahu PTBG 10/18/2005
31 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Evangeline Funk 211 Oahu PTBG 1/8/1984
32 Lysimachia filifolia C.N.Forbes & Lydgate Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 11149 Oahu PTBG 6/27/1990
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