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Peperomia kipahuluensis

H.St.John & Lamoureux (1971)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Magnoliids Order: Piperales Family: Piperaceae Genus: Peperomia

‘ala‘ala wai nui [alaala wai nui]

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Fleshy herbs.

Stems: Stems bright red to dark red, ascending from a usually long repent base, 20–50 cm long, usually trichotomously many-branched, internodes 1–8 cm long, with 3–4 longitudinal ridges, glabrous or with a few scattered hairs.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite or whorled 2–6 per node. Blades obovate to obovate–elliptic, 0.7–2(–2.5) cm long, 0.4–1.1 cm wide. Apex rounded to broadly obtuse. Base cuneate. Surfaces glabrous or sparsely hirtellous near and on margins;; upper surfaces yellowish green to green; lower surfaces pale green, thinly fleshy, drying somewhat coriaceous. Margins usually somewhat revolute, at least when dry. Obscurely pinnately 5-veined, only midrib prominent. Petioles 0.3–0.8 cm long, glabrous. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in fleshy spikes several, terminal and axillary in the uppermost nodes, 0.8–5 cm long, the rachis ca. 0.5–1 mm in diameter, glabrous, flowers moderately congested, peduncles 0.3–1 cm long, glabrous. Flowers bisexual (perfect), perianth absent. Each flower subtended by a peltate bract. Calyx (sepals) absent. Corolla (petals) absent. Stamens 2. Ovary superior, ovoid, 1-carpellate, 1-celled; ovules 1 per cell, orthotropous, erect; stigmas slightly subterminal or terminal.

Fruit: Fruit broadly ovoid–ellipsoid; ca. 1–1.3 mm long; papillose–viscid with sessile glands. Seeds 1 per fruit; with scanty endosperm and copious; starchy perisperm.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Wet forests and margins of bogs.

Elevation Range: 1,150–1,830 m.

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Maui Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Pacific Sci. 25: 43 (1971)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1028 (EM)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Peperomia kipahuluensis East Maui, Hana District, Haleakala, Kipahulu Valley Preserved_Specimen Russell, C.A. 549 Maui BISH 1984-03-02
2 Peperomia kipahuluensis Waihoi Crater bog Preserved_Specimen Wagner, W.L. 5656 Maui BISH 1986-07-11
3 Peperomia kipahuluensis East Maui, Koolau Forest Reserve, Nahiku, Kuhiwa Trail Wet woods. On mossy trunk. Preserved_Specimen Leaves thick, dark green above, paler beneath. St.John, H. 17963 Maui BISH 1937-01-02
4 Peperomia kipahuluensis East Maui, Hana Forest Reserve, 4500 ft. on inner slope of Waihoi Crater on Waihoi Valley side Under large log on mud substrate. Preserved_Specimen Plants 6-8 in. in height. Leaves fleshy, dark green above, whitish underneath. Entire plant hirsute. Harrison, B. 575 Maui BISH 1974-03-17
5 Peperomia kipahuluensis East Maui, Hana, E ridge in SW Kipahulu Valley bryophyte mat Preserved_Specimen small round leaves, stems red Warshauer, F.R. 2850 Maui BISH 1980-07-21
6 Peperomia kipahuluensis East Maui, Hana District, Hanawi NAR, west fork of Kuhiwa Stream. In shady areas of forest. Vegetation: Metrosideros, Cheirodendron, Broussaisia, Perrottetia, Vaccinium, Leptecophylla, Dubautia, Coprosma, Rubus, Sadleria, Pipturus, Dryopteris, Lobelia, Clermontia, Kadua, Psychotria, Melicope, Myrsine, Scaevola, Athyrium, Diplazium, Asplenium, Pilea, Peperomia, Deschampsia, Uncinia, Pteris, Luzula, Cyanea, Cibotium, Cyanea, Gunnera, Amauropelta, Elaphoglossum, Grammitis. Preserved_Specimen Epiphytic on mossy branches and lower tree trunks. Stems bright red. Oppenheimer, H.L. 80911 Maui BISH 2009-08-15
7 Peperomia kipahuluensis East Maui, Waihoi Valley, S fork of Waiohonu Stream wet, shaded bank Preserved_Specimen Harrison, B. 132 Maui BISH 1972-08-29
8 Peperomia kipahuluensis Hana, N Haleakala, ridge E of Kuhiwa Valley wet ohia forest with native trees, shrubs, treefern; on ground Preserved_Specimen epiphyte, red stems Higashino, P.K. 9141 Maui BISH 1980-06-13
9 Peperomia kipahuluensis Hana District, Hanawi NAR, west fork of Kuhiwa stream Metrosideros- Cheirodendron trigynum- Dicranopteris linearis montane wet forest. With Broussaisia arguta, sadleria cyathioides, Rubus hawaiiensis, Pittosporum, Gunnera, Leptecophylla, Dryopteris wallichiana, Myrsine lessertiana, Melicope clusifolia, Diplazium sandwichianum, Cyanea Preserved_Specimen Epiphyte, 6-12 inch ht, fruits Perlman, S. 21739 Maui BISH 2009-08-15
10 Peperomia kipahuluensis East Maui, Hana District, Hana District, Hana Forest Reserve, N rim of Kipahulu bog; on trunk of Cheirodendron Preserved_Specimen Harrison, B. 263 Maui BISH 1973-06-29
11 Peperomia kipahuluensis East Maui, Hana District, Kipahulu Valley bog Preserved_Specimen ~0.3 m branching herb Wagner, W.L. 5887 Maui BISH 1988-03-09
12 Peperomia kipahuluensis Haleakala, S rim of Kipahulu Valley, Kuiki Common in dense ferny woods. Preserved_Specimen Leaves dark green above, pale green below. St.John, H. 21233 Maui BISH 1945-08-30
13 Peperomia kipahuluensis Waihoi bog, low scrub Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 2583 Maui BISH 1986-07-11
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