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Bidens campylotheca

Sch.Bip. (1856)

This name is accepted

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

ko‘oko‘olau [kookoolau], ko‘olau [koolau]

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Erect, suffrutescent perennial herbs 0.7-4 m tall

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Roots:

Leaves: Leaves bipinnately compound or pinnately compound. Opposite. Blades lanceolate, linear, or ovate Margins bipinnatifid, lobed, serrate/dentate, or tripinnatifid.

Flowers:

Fruit: Fruit a simple; dry; achene (cypsela); black or brown; coiled; curved; linear; or twisted; with a pappus.

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Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic
O'ahu Endemic
Lana'i Extirpated
Kaho'olawe Not in flora
Maui Endemic
Hawai'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Flora 39: 359 (1856)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Bidens campylotheca Helu summit area, west Maui, Luakoi ridge Metrosideros- Cheirodendron trigynum montane wet forest. With Broussaisia arguta, Sadleria cyathioides, Rubus hawaiiensis, Myrsine lessertiana, Leptecophylla, Coprosma, Scaevola chamissoniana, Dubautia plantaginea, Ilex anomala, Kadua affinis, Vaccinium, Do Preserved_Specimen Sprawling shrub 4 meter ht with flowers and fruit. Flower color yellow Perlman, S. 22238 Maui BISH 2009-11-02
2 Bidens campylotheca [no specific locality given] Preserved_Specimen Rémy, J. 285 Hawaii BISH 1851-01-01
3 Bidens campylotheca East Maui, Makawao District, Ko'olau Gap. Cluster of about 5 plants on steep base of cliff and talus slope below. Vegetation: Metrosideros, Cheirodendron, Broussaisia, Myrsine, Vaccinium, Dubautia, Perrottetia, Coprosma, Leptecophylla, Rubus, Sadleria, Diplazium, Athyrium, Elaphoglossum, Coniogramme, Lysimachia, Pteris, Pseudophegopteris. Preserved_Specimen Plants sprawling and tangled with adjacent vegetatiion, flowers on long lateral branches. Oppenheimer, H.L. 40932 Maui BISH 2009-04-28
4 Bidens campylotheca Hanalei District. Wainiha, upper northeastern fork Closed Metrosideros lowland wet forest, 8-12 m canopy, surrounded by steep valley walls with Dicranopteris and mixed shrubs Preserved_Specimen Shrub, 2.5 m tall, lateral branches with infloresence with B forbesii Wood, K.R. 15926 Kauai BISH 2014-04-23
5 Bidens campylotheca Waimea Arboretum Preserved_Specimen (Not on sheet) Oahu BISH
6 Bidens campylotheca Hanalei District. Wainiha valley, North fork Riparian area. W/ Pipturus, Machaerina angustifolia, Sadleria cyathioides, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Cyrtandra wainihaensis, Boehmeria grandis, Metrosideros, Bidens, Lipochaeta connata var acris, Dubautia plantaginea Preserved_Specimen shrub with yellow flowers. Perlman, S. 24024 Kauai BISH 2014-07-07
7 Bidens campylotheca Waimea Arboretum Preserved_Specimen (Not on sheet) Oahu BISH
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