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Tetramolopium capillare

(Gaudich.) H.St.John (1965)

This name is accepted

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

pāmakani [pamakani]

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Prostrate or decumbent shrub, < 0.5 m tall.

Stems:

Roots: Roots a tap root.

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades filiform or linear Apex acute. Margins entire or involute.

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

Maui Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 52: 432 (1965)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:363 (WM); Herbst & Wagner 1996:10 (REDISCOVER/WM); Perlman 14673 PTBG/Oppenheimer & Pezzillo 2024:57 (EXTINCT, 1995, rediscovered material is not T. capillare, which is still presumed extinct on M, extant populations closer to T. filiforme var. polyphyllum)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Tetramolopium capillare Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details slope; dry low scrub; with Dodanaea, Sida, Gouania hillebrandii Preserved_Specimen ray flower white; disk flower green, margined with red St.John, H. 25604 Maui BISH 1955-12-18
2 Tetramolopium capillare Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Growing on barren patch of ground on ridgetop. Preserved_Specimen A single plant 6 cm tall. Erect with about 4 branches. Hobdy, R.W. 3270 Maui BISH 1991-01-10
3 Tetramolopium capillare Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 2760 Maui BISH 1910-08-01
4 Tetramolopium capillare Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Gaudichaud-Beaupré, C. BISH 1829-01-01
5 Tetramolopium capillare Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 2761 Maui BISH 1910-08-01
6 Tetramolopium capillare Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Cliff walls with Sadleria, Artemisia, Lobelia hillebrandii. Preserved_Specimen Ca. 100 plants with flowers & fruit. Perlman, S. 13764 Maui BISH 1993-09-16
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