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Lysimachia pendens

K.L.Marr (1997)

This name is accepted

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

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Small, many branched, delicately pendulous shrubs.

Stems: Stems 20–60 mm long, densely tan tomentose when young, glabrate.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate, (0.1)0.5–3.5(5) mm apart. Blades narrowly lanceolate, soft coriaceous, (20)25–30(45) mm long, 2–4 mm wide. Apex attenuate. Base attenuate. Upper surfaces green, glabrous, lower green, brown pilose. Margins entire. Secondary and higher–order veins obscure. Petioles 1(2) mm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers solitary in leaf axils. Flowers bisexual (perfect), 5–7-merous; pedicels (6)9–12(14) mm long, erect, green, occasionally red below calyx, densely tomentose. Calyx of 5 sepals, lobes green, sometimes red toward base, narrowly ovate, 4–6 mm long, 2–2.5(4) mm wide. Corolla lobes red, obovate, 7.5–8.5 mm long, 5–6 mm wide. Filaments 3.5–4 mm long, red; anthers 1 mm long. Ovary superior; styles 3.5–4.5 mm long.

Fruit: Capsules globose; 5–6.5(7) mm long. Seeds dark brown; irregularly shaped; 1.2–1.8 mm long.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Growing on vertical wet; mossy; or rocky cliffs;.

Elevation Range: ca. 720 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Pacific Sci. 51: 275 (1997)

Other References

Marr & Bohm 1997:275 (SPNOV/K, KEY, DESCR)/Herbst & Wagner 1999:30

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Lysimachia pendens K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Vertical wet, mossy or rocky cliffs PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. marr, s. p. perlman & k. r. wood 491 Kauai US 5/7/1991
2 Lysimachia pendens K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Vertical wet, mossy or rocky cliffs PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. Marr, S. P. Perlman & K. R. Wood 491 Kauai US 5/7/1991
3 Lysimachia pendens K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Machaerina angustifolia cliffs. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 13078 Kauai PTBG 10/30/1992
4 Lysimachia pendens K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Vertical wet, mossy or rocky cliffs PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Marr, K.; Perlman, S. P.; Wood, K. R. 491 Kauai US 5/7/1991
5 Lysimachia pendens K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Deep narrow valley surrounded by vertical cliffs laced with waterfalls; low undisturbed wet forest of small stunted trees & shrubs (Metrosideros, Bobea, Perrottetia, etc.) w/ground cover of Pteridophytes, Gunnera, Cyrtandra & Cyanea, growing over saturated rocky ground. Single plant growing below ferns. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. wood, s.; doyle, m. collector number: 0095 Kauai BISH 8/10/1988
6 Lysimachia pendens K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information wet; cliff PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Marr, Ken | Perlman, Steve | Wood, Ken 472 Kauai ALTA 5/7/1991
7 Lysimachia pendens K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Growing on vertical wet, mossy or rocky cliffs with Machaerina, Isachne, Bidens, Selaginella, Plantago, Hedyotis, Pipturus, Cyrtandra, Dubautia, Athyrium, and Metrosideros. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN ken marr, steve perlman, ken wood 483 ID 5/7/1991
8 Lysimachia pendens K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Deep narrow valley surrounded by vertical cliffs laced with waterfalls; low undisturbed wet forest of small stunted trees & shrubs (Metrosideros, Bobea, Perrottetia, etc.) w/ground cover of Pteridophytes, Gunnera, Cyrtandra & Cyanea, growing over saturated rocky ground. Single plant growing below ferns. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 95 Kauai BISH 8/10/1988
9 Lysimachia pendens K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Ken Marr, Steve Perlman & Ken Wood 471 GBIF-Sweden 5/7/1991
10 Lysimachia pendens K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN marr, k; perlman, s; wood, k NY 11/8/1991
11 Lysimachia pendens K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Low undisturbed wet forest with, growing over saturated, rocky ground. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 95 Kauai PTBG 8/10/1988
12 Lysimachia pendens K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information low primary vegetation over saturated, rock ground PRESERVED_SPECIMEN David H. Lorence 5349 Kauai PTBG 7/23/1987
13 Lysimachia pendens K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Low undisturbed wet forest growing over saturated, rocky ground. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 344 Kauai PTBG 6/1/1990
14 Lysimachia pendens K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information mossy walls PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 16419 Kauai PTBG 12/1/2010
15 Lysimachia pendens K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information lowland wet shrubland vegetation over rocky, saturated soil PRESERVED_SPECIMEN David H. Lorence 7253 Kauai PTBG 8/19/1992
16 Lysimachia pendens K.L.Marr Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information vertical wet, mossy or rocky cliffs PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Ken Marr 473 Kauai PTBG 5/7/1991
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