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Lysimachia kalalauensis

Skottsb. (1944)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Ericales Family: Primulaceae Genus: Lysimachia

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Sprawling or scandent shrubs.

Stems: Bark reddish brown, striate, stems 20–30 dm long, few–branched, young ones rusty tomentose, soon glabrate.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate, well-spaced. Blades elliptic, 48–95 mm long, 16–34 mm wide. Apex acuminate. Base cuneate. Lower surfaces brown pilose when young, soon glabrate, blades thin and coriaceous. Margins entire. Primary and secondary veins red. Petioles 5–10 mm long, brown pilose, soon glabrate. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers solitary in leaf axils. Flowers bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic, 7–8-merous, pedicels 25–30 mm long, elongating to 30–45 mm long in fruit, rusty pilose, bracteate, bracteoles absent. Calyx lobes narrowly lanceolate, (9–)11–16 mm long. Corolla green with purplish red base and purple veins, campanulate, 16–18 mm long, the lobes oblanceolate, imbricate. Stamens as many as and opposite the corolla lobes; filaments connate ca. ½ their length, adnate to corolla tube; anthers dithecal. Ovary superior, 1-celled; ovule placentation free-central; style 1.

Fruit: Capsules broadly ovoid to subglobose; 9–10 mm long; regularly dehiscent. Seeds numerous; irregularly shaped; 1.5–2.3 mm long; margins winged; the surface reticulate; seed coat crustaceous.

Ploidy:

Habitat: Shaded sites in diverse mesic forest.

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

Kaua'i Endemic
O'ahu Only found in cultivation

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Acta Horti Gothob. 15: 429 (1944)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1082 (K); Marr & Bohm 1997:272 (KEY, DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Lysimachia kalalauensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Cranwell, L.M. 3034 Kauai BISH 1938-08-20
2 Lysimachia kalalauensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Pearsall, G.A. Oahu BISH 1948-11-14
3 Lysimachia kalalauensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Lydgate, J.M. Kauai BISH
4 Lysimachia kalalauensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Sprawling shrub on small ridge above stream. Preserved_Specimen Sprawling shrub. Young stems and petioles reddish-brown. Midvien in young leaves reddish. Underside of leaves gland-dotted purple. Buds rusty pubescent. Pedicel and calyx green with purple glands; petals green with purplish-red base and purple venation, margin and apex very pale green almost white; filaments purple-red at base becoming white below anthers; stigma and apex of style green, style becoming dull purple at base; ovary green with purple lines. Flynn, T.W. 1459 Kauai BISH 1985-12-27
5 Lysimachia kalalauensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In shady forest. Preserved_Specimen A spreading, somewhat climbing shrub. Hobdy, R.W. 119 Kauai BISH 1969-06-17
6 Lysimachia kalalauensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Acacia montane mesic forest with Alphitonia ponderosa, Melicope barbigera, M. OVATA, m. PEDUNCULARIS, Psychotria greenwelliae, Dodonaea viscosa, Coprosma waimeae, C. foliosa, Wikstroemia furcata, Leptecophylla tameiameiae, Antides. Preserved_Specimen Shrub 2 meters tall, stems red- or orange-brown, corolla green with purple near base of petals, about 20 plants, mapped. Wood, K.R. 17239 Kauai BISH 2017-02-14
7 Lysimachia kalalauensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In shady forest. Preserved_Specimen Plant 2-4 1/2 ft high. Forbes, C.N. 1041 Kauai BISH 1917-07-03
8 Lysimachia kalalauensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Dicranopteris transitional mesic to wet forest mixed understory of Coprosma waimeae, Xylosma hawaiiensis, Ilex anomala, Melicope clusiifolia, M. Kauaiensis, Pittosporum gayanum, Kadua affinis, Perrottetia sandwicensis, Myrsine linearifolia, Dubau Preserved_Specimen shrubs on basalt walls of valley, with Gahnia beecheyi, Doodia kunthiana, ca. 20 plants, mapped Wood, K.R. 15189 Kauai BISH 2012-08-16
9 Lysimachia kalalauensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Acacia montane mesic forest, 80% closed canopy, 10-12 m tall canopy with Alphitonia ponderosa, Antidesma platyphylla, Claoxylon sandwicensis, Dodonaea viscosa, Myrsine lanaiensis, Dracaena aurea, Polyscias kavaiensis, Planchonella sandwicensis, Bobea brevipes, Melico Preserved_Specimen shrubs with fruit, ca 10+ plants, mapped Wood, K.R. 14927 Kauai BISH 2012-04-13
10 Lysimachia kalalauensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Acacia koa-Metrosideros polymorpha - with matting ferns of Dicranopteris linearis, Diplopterygium pinnatum, Sticherus owhyhensis, mesic to transitional wet forest and drainages with Bobea brevipes, Ilex anomala, Wikstroemia furcata, Claoxylon sandwicensis, Polyscias waimeae, Melicope anisata, M. barbigera, Kadua affinis, Psychotria greenwelliae, P. hexandra, Planchonella san Preserved_Specimen shrub, along cliff with Platydesma rostrata, in early fruit, occasional Wood, K.R. 15793 Kauai BISH 2014-01-17
11 Lysimachia kalalauensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details E facing secondary ridge, mesic forest; Dodonaea viscosa, Acacia koa, Myrsine lessertiana, Rubus argutus, Dianella sandwicensis, Kalanchoe pinnata Preserved_Specimen liana twining 3 m into dead Dodonea viscosa with Alyxia stellata; glabrous leaves and seed capsules; capsules dried and open, hanging on stem; leaf petioles and apical stem red Trauernicht, C. 609 Kauai BISH 2008-11-11
12 Lysimachia kalalauensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Diverse lowland montane mesic slopes with small pockets of forest and vertical cliffs. Associated plants; Dubautia, Hedyotis, Nototrichium, Hibiscus, Melicope, Peucedanum, Pritchardia, Pleomele, Antidesma, Bidens. Weeds; Passiflora, Lonicera, Kalanchoe, Lantana, Rubus. Preserved_Specimen 2 m tall in fruit; 6± plants in area. Wood, K.R. 1188 Kauai BISH 1991-09-05
13 Lysimachia kalalauensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Cheirodendron-Acacia montane mesic forest W/ Alphitonia, Planchonella, Xylosma hawaiiensis, Antidesma, Bobea brevipes, Myrsine lanaiensis, Dodonaea , Wikstroemia furcata, Leptecophylla tameiameiae, Kadua affinis, Melicope ovata, M. barbigera, Preserved_Specimen Shrub, few branched, stems yellow-brown or red-brown, corolla green with tinge of purple, common. Wood, K.R. 17075 Kauai BISH 2016-07-21
14 Lysimachia kalalauensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In shady forest. Preserved_Specimen A spreading, somewhat climbing plant, more delicate and more reddish stemmed thatn L. kalalauensis. Hobdy, R.W. 119 Kauai BISH 1969-06-17
15 Lysimachia kalalauensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details In lowland diverse mesic forest of Metrosideros, Dodonaea, Dubautia, Cheirodendron, Xylosoma, Acacia, Nestegis, Alyxia, Melicope, Tetraplasandra, Psychotria, Styphelia & Wikstroemia. Population of ca. 150 individuals & many seedlings. Preserved_Specimen Sprawling shrub w/stems up to 4 m long; lvs dark green above, much lighter below, often silvery when young, veins reddish; young stems brown, pubescent, usually glabrate; pedicels pendulous, twisting upright in fruit. Marr, K.L. 547 Kauai BISH 1991-05-12
16 Lysimachia kalalauensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Acacia montane mesic forest, W/ Alphitonia ponderosa, Claoxylon sandwicensis, Myrsine lanaiensis, Wikstromia furcata, Dodonaea viscosa, Kadua affinis, Melicope ovata, Pleomele aurea, Tetraplasandra kavaiensis, Psychotria greenwe Preserved_Specimen shrub, stems reddish brown, leaves dark green, corolla purple, occasional on steep north facing slopes Wood, K.R. 14500 Kauai BISH 2011-02-10
17 Lysimachia kalalauensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Small pocket of diversed mesic forest. Preserved_Specimen Petals green with purplish red viens at base; petioles and midrib purplish red; liana up to 3 m long. Wagner, W.L. 6067 Kauai BISH 1988-04-11
18 Lysimachia kalalauensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Open, dry forest dominated by Acacia koa. With Dodonaea, Styphelia, Scaevola and Dianella. Preserved_Specimen Sprawling shrub of four ft. Stems reddish-brown. Leaves glossy green above with lower half of midvien maroon, below greyish-green, pler with faint maroon markings and maroon midvein. Petiole dark maroon. Sepals green with linear maroon markings and whitish margins; petals green with maroon base and veins, margins whitish-green. Flynn, T.W. 3275 Kauai BISH 1989-02-15
19 Lysimachia kalalauensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Acacia koa-Metrosideros polymorpha-Dicranopteris linearis mesic to transitional wet forest and drainage w/ Diplopterygium pinnatum, Sticherus owhyhensis, Syzygium sandwicensis, Nestegis sandwicensis, Bobea brevipes, Ilex anomala, Wikstroemia furcata, Claoxylon sandwicensis, Polyscias waimeae, Melicope a Preserved_Specimen Shrub, up to 3 m tall, few branched, stems red-brown, with some fruit, occasional. Wood, K.R. 16417 Kauai BISH 2015-04-28
20 Lysimachia kalalauensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Metrosideros-Acacia montane mesic forest, W/ Alphitonia ponderosa, Claoxylon sandwicensis, Myrsine lanaiensis, Wikstroemia furcata, Dodonaea viscosa, Kadua affinis, Melicope ovata, Pleomele aurea, Tetraplasandra kavaiensis, Psychotria greenwe Preserved_Specimen shrubs, occasional along upper transect of north facing slope, with seed Wood, K.R. 14523 Kauai BISH 2011-02-19
21 Lysimachia kalalauensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details with Metrosideros, Dicranopteris, Wikstroemia, Bidens, Chamaesyce remyi, Cyrtandra, Cheirodendron, Myrsine linearifolia, Perrottetia, Exocarpos, Melicope pallida, Eurya sandwicensis Preserved_Specimen 1 m, few branched sub-shrub Wood, K.R. 2018 Kauai BISH 1992-07-23
22 Lysimachia kalalauensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Small pocket of diversed mesic forest. Preserved_Specimen Petals green with purplish red viens at base; petioles and midrib purplish red; liana up to 3 m long. Wagner, W.L. 6067 Kauai BISH 1988-04-11
23 Lysimachia kalalauensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Trailing to erect stems to 10 ft long. New growth reddish-brown. Buds rust colored. Petioles and midvien reddish. Petals green with purplish red base and distinct purplish veination. Flynn, T.W. 1157 Kauai BISH 1985-06-30
24 Lysimachia kalalauensis Hanape-Wahiawa Preserved_Specimen Heller, A.A. 2614 Kauai BISH 1895-07-09
25 Lysimachia kalalauensis Locality redacted. Contact Bishop Museum Botany Department for details Preserved_Specimen Rambling or scandent, at least with long branches which arise from erect shoots. Flowers with green, faintly purple-veined petals. Stone, B.C. 3766 Kauai BISH 1961-08-15
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