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Wikstroemia hanalei

Wawra (1875)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Malvales Family: Thymelaeaceae Genus: Wikstroemia

‘ākia [akia], kauhi

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Erect shrubs.

Stems: Stems sparsely branched, internodes up to 9 cm long, glabrous.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades elliptic, (11–)15–21(–25) cm long, (4–)5–7(–7.5) cm wide. Apex acute to acuminate. Base acute. Surfaces glabrous, leaves thin, membranous. Margins entire. Pinnately veined. Petioles 6–10 mm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in peduncles 10–17 mm long, hirsute, often recurved, rachis conical and elongated, 3–20 mm long, glabrous, pedicels 1–2 mm long. Flowers bisexual (perfect), glabrous. Calyx tube ca. 10 mm long, outer lobes 3.4–3.8 mm long, inner lobes 2.3–2.7 mm long. Corolla (petals) absent. Stamens 8, the lower whorl included, the upper whorl sometimes shortly exserted. Ovary superior, 1-celled; ovules solitary and pendulous.

Fruit: Fruit red; ellipsoid; 10–13 mm long; ca. 6 mm in diameter. fruit drupaceous. Seeds without endosperm.

Ploidy:

Habitat:

Elevation Range: ca. 330 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Beiträge zur Flora der Hawaischen Inseln. Flora 58: 185 (1875)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1286 (K)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Wikstroemia hanalei Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood, s. p. perlman, c. gemmill & w. hahn 2054 Kauai US 8/6/1992
2 Wikstroemia hanalei Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In weedy dry Acacia koa forest with Lipochaeta lavarum. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 105.k Maui BISH 7/1/1909
3 Wikstroemia hanalei Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K. R.; Perlman, S. P.; Gemmill, C.; Hahn, W. 2054 Kauai US 8/6/1992
4 Wikstroemia hanalei Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 105.k Kauai BISH 7/1/1909
5 Wikstroemia hanalei Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 105.K Kauai BISH 7/1/1909
6 Wikstroemia hanalei Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 116.K Kauai BISH 8/2/1909
7 Wikstroemia hanalei Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 116.k Kauai BISH 8/2/1909
8 Wikstroemia hanalei Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wawra, h. collector number: 2020 Kauai BISH
9 Wikstroemia hanalei Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN christensen, c. collector number: 49 Oahu BISH 8/23/1976
10 Wikstroemia hanalei Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wawra, H. 2020 Kauai BISH
11 Wikstroemia hanalei Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information near base of vertical cliffs PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Christensen, C. 49 Kauai BISH 8/23/1976
12 Wikstroemia hanalei Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN heinrich wawra wawra von fernsee 2020 MO
13 Wikstroemia hanalei Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Metrosideros mixed bogs w/ Dichanthelium spp, Oreobolus, Lysimachia daphnoides, Carex spp, Rhynchospora, Vaccinium, Gahnia, Astelia waialealae, Geranium kauaiense, Viola. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 116.k Kauai BISH 8/2/1909
14 Wikstroemia hanalei Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 548.k Kauai BISH 10/9/1916
15 Wikstroemia hanalei Wawra Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 548.K Kauai BISH 10/9/1916
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