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Vaccinium calycinum × Vaccinium dentatum

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Ericales Family: Ericaceae Genus: Vaccinium

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Description

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

O'ahu Endemic
Molokai Endemic

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Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Vaccinium calycinum × Vaccinium dentatum Near summit of Mt. Kaala. along ridge trail to Mt. Kaala, close to summit. Preserved_Specimen Many individuals ranging from 4cm-6 ft tall. Characters of dentatum and calycinum mixed about half and half. Taller stalks spindly, supported by surrounding tall shrub and other vegetation, and sparsely vegetated throughout, mostly on top, like calycinum. Leaves shape, size and texture more like dentatum. Most flowers light pink or reddish pink mottled with green, some sides of flowers completely green, an even mixture of dentatum and calycinum. Calyx lobes yellowish green in flower, green in fruit. Becker, A.L. 603 Oahu BISH 2019-05-20
2 Vaccinium calycinum × Vaccinium dentatum Kamakou Preserve, Nature Conservancy: Pepe o Pe Bog Preserved_Specimen About ten individual stems poking out from vertical wall of moss and ferns, well shaded. Not visibly connected by a central leader. Some woody stems connected but some not. Width of stems about the same throughout. This individual was especially spiny at margins: single, long spines varying in shape and size, in almost random order. Some serrations actually look double. Leaves super tough, uppersides shiny and most margins red especially in new growth. Smaller then calycinum and more lanceolate in general, but not just straight var. lanceolatum. Some leavees have the character of longer teeth at base of leaves, approaching a cordate-look in the leaf. Some new growth soft-pinking plus size and shape of leaves suggest cacycinum influence here. Becker, A.L. 107 Molokai BISH 2019-06-17
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