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Melicope zahlbruckneri

(Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone (1989)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Sapindales Family: Rutaceae Genus: Melicope

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Medium-sized trees 10–12 m tall.

Stems: New growth yellowish brown puberulent, gradually becoming glabrate.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades oblong–elliptic, oblong–obovate, or occasionally suborbicular, 6–24 cm long, 4–12.5 cm wide. Upper surfaces glabrous; lower surfaces puberulent, becoming glabrate; blades, chartaceous to moderately coriaceous. Margins entire. Primary lateral veins usually 8–10 pairs, prominent, connected by an arched vein usually 3–9 mm from margin, venation pinnate, lateral veins connected by an arched submarginal vein, higher order venation forming a reticulate pattern. Petioles 20–45 mm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers 2–5 in slender, very sparsely puberulent, axillary cymes, peduncles somewhat flattened, 15–20 mm long, pedicels ca. 4 mm long, bracts small, opposite. Calyx of 4 sepals; sepals imbricate, pistillate flowers with sepals deltate, ca. 1.5 mm long, glabrate, staminate flowers with sepals deltate–ovate, ca. 3.5 mm long, glabrate. Corolla of 4 petals, valvate, pistillate flowers petals deltate, ca. 3 mm long, glabrate, staminate flowers petals deltate, ca. 6 mm long, glabrate. Stamens 8, in 2 whorls, distinct, reduced but always present in functionally pistillate flowers, staminate flowers nectary disk glabrous. Ovary superior (pistillate flowers), 4-celled and 4-lobed, glabrous, carpels connate, only slightly distinct at apex to almost entirely distinct; ovules 2 per cell, hemitropous, 1 ascending; style 1, ca. 1 mm long, terminating in 4 short stigmatic branches; staminate flowers ovary glabrous; style ca. 1 mm long.

Fruit: Capsules subcuboid; 12–14 mm long; up to 30 mm wide; carpels nearly completely connate or connate ca. ⅔ their length; often recurved; exocarp and endocarp glabrous. the carpels dehiscing along the upper suture; exocarp. Seeds 1–2 per carpel; 7–8 mm long. glossy black when ripe; crustaceous; ovoid; sometimes angled from compression; embryo straight in fleshy endosperm; radicle short; cotyledons compressed; ovate; putamen brown; warty.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Rare in mesic forest.

Elevation Range: ca. 1,220 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Hawai'i Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Taxon 38: 122 (1989)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1208 (H [as Pelea zahlbruckneri]); Hartley & Stone 1989:122 (COMBNOV:Syn. P. zahlbruckneri)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN h. st. john & e. y. hosaka 11251 Hawaii US 12/22/1931
2 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St. John, H.; Hosaka, E. Y. 11251 Hawaii US 12/22/1931
3 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN j. f. rock 10216 Hawaii US
4 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Open woods. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN St. John, H. 11251 Hawaii BISH 12/22/1931
5 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Morley, H. s.n. Hawaii BISH 4/18/1905
6 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J. F. 10216 Hawaii US 7/11/2020
7 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 1021.H Hawaii BISH 7/1/1915
8 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Large area on both sides of the summit; 70 m to N of summit PRESERVED_SPECIMEN stone, b.c. stone, j.g. collector number: 3078 Oahu BISH 8/8/1959
9 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Acacia koa- Metrosideros lowland wet forest with Psychotria, Coprosma, Perrottetia, Freycinetia, Cheirodendron, Rubus, Athyrium, Cibotium, Cyrtandra, Ilex, Broussaisia, Hedyotis PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. 12275 Hawaii BISH 9/26/1991
10 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Acacia - Sapindus - Microlepia community. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Newell, C.L. 1028 Hawaii BISH 6/28/1967
11 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. collector number: 10216 Oahu BISH 7/1/1911
12 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Trailing on bushes. Growing with Sicyos pachycarpus Hook. & Arnott. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. collector number: 10216 Oahu BISH 7/1/1911
13 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In dense dark jungle. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. collector number: 8487 Hawaii BISH 6/24/1929
14 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In dry forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Stone, B.C. 3078 Hawaii BISH 8/1/1959
15 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Dry open forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 8485 Hawaii BISH 8/31/1929
16 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. r. wood & s. p. perlman 977 F 6/27/1991
17 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Dry open forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. collector number: 8485 Hawaii BISH 8/31/1929
18 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Acacia - Sapindus - Microlepia community. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN newell, c.l. collector number: 1028 Hawaii BISH 6/28/1967
19 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN macdaniels, l.h. collector number: 225 Hawaii BISH 11/10/1926
20 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 1020.aH Hawaii BISH 7/1/1915
21 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 1020.ah Hawaii BISH 7/1/1915
22 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Moderately dry open woods. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. collector number: 9855 Hawaii BISH 7/9/1929
23 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN russ, g.w. collector number: s.n. Hawaii BISH 7/1/1927
24 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN MacDaniels, L.H. 225 Hawaii BISH 11/10/1926
25 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN morley, h. collector number: 191-h Hawaii BISH 9/1/1935
26 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN rock, j.f.c. collector number: 10216 Hawaii BISH 7/1/1911
27 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN cranwell, l.m. selling, o.; skottsberg, c. collector number: 3260 Hawaii BISH 9/13/1938
28 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Rock, J.F.C. 10216 Hawaii BISH 7/1/1911
29 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Moderately dry open woods. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 9855 Hawaii BISH 7/9/1929
30 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Cranwell, L.M. 3260 Hawaii BISH 9/13/1938
31 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Swamp PRESERVED_SPECIMEN wood, k.r. perlman, s.; hill, r. collector number: 0977 Kauai BISH 6/27/1991
32 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN perlman, s.p. obata, j.; s.bergfeld collector number: 12275 Niihau BISH 9/26/1991
33 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In dense dark jungle. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 8487 Hawaii BISH 6/24/1929
34 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Giffard, W.M. s.n. Hawaii BISH 8/9/1927
35 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Open woods. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN st.john, h. bean, r.s.; hosaka, e.y. collector number: 11251 Hawaii BISH 12/22/1931
36 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Acacia-Metrosideros-Sapindus montane mesic forest with...Acacia-Metrosideros-Sapindus montane mesic forest with...Coprosma, Pipturus, Psychotria, Nestegis, Myoporum, Pisonia, Athyrium, Melicope, Dodonaea. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Wood, K.R. 977 Hawaii BISH 6/27/1991
37 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN giffard, w.m. collector number: s.n. Hawaii BISH 8/9/1927
38 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood & S. P. Perlman 977 F 6/27/1991
39 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Russ, G.W. s.n. Hawaii BISH 7/1/1927
40 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 1021.h Hawaii BISH 7/1/1915
41 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Acacia koa-Metrosideros lowland wet forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 12275 Hawaii PTBG 9/26/1991
42 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 7802 Hawaii PTBG 4/22/1999
43 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Acacia-Metrosideros-Sapindus montane mesic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 977 Hawaii PTBG 6/27/1991
44 Melicope zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G.Hartley & B.C.Stone Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Acacia koa-Metrosideros mesic forest. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN K. R. Wood 2975 Hawaii PTBG 2/10/1994
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