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Dracaena halemanuensis

Jankalski (2008)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Asparagales Family: Asparagaceae Genus: Dracaena

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Tree. 2–10 m tall.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate, spiral. Blades 36–62 x 0.8–1.1 cm; leaves recurved and the upper 2/3 pendent. Margins entire. Sessile. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in inflorescence with lower bracts 10 cm long and lance-linear. Flowers bisexual (perfect); pedicels 4–6 mm long. Tepals 6. Stamens 6, inserted at base of perianth tube. Ovary superior, 3-celled; ovules 1 per cell; style filiform; stigma capitate or slightly lobed.

Fruit: Fruit 3–4–lobed; developing 1 (-2) good seeds.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Dry open canyon slopes and low forest.

Elevation Range: 435–884 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Sansevieria 18: 21 (2008)

Other References

St. John 1987x:55 (SPNOV/K [as Pleomele stenophylla]); Jankalski 2008:21 (RESURRECT/K, COMBNOV, NOMNOV, Syn. P. stenophylla = Dracaena halemanuensis); Jankalski 2015:28 (COMBNOV, Syn. D. halemanuensis = Chrysodracon stenophylla); Takawira-Nyenya et al. 2018 (Syn. C. stenophylla = D. halemanuensis)

St. John, H. (1987) Diagnosis of Pleomele stenophylla (Liliaceae). Phytologia 64:1 p.55

Occurrences

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