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Hypoestes phyllostachya

Baker (1887)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Acanthaceae Genus: Hypoestes

freckle face, polka-dot plant

Description

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Potentially naturalizing

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Hawai'i Potentially naturalizing

Dispersal Agents

Water/Ocean
Wind

Vegetative Reproduction

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Bibliography

Name Published In: J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 511 (1887)

Other References

Herbst & Wagner 1999:12 (NEWNAT/H); Staples & Herbst 2005:80 (KEY), 86 (DESCR); Note: status changed from nat to nat? as plants are only recorded as spreading within a garden, May 2025

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Hypoestes phyllostachya Baker koloa dist.; kalaheo. cultivated plants from yard at 4543a puuwai rd PRESERVED_SPECIMEN flynn, t. collector number: 5988 Kauai BISH 7/12/1996
2 Hypoestes phyllostachya Baker university of hawaii campus, honolulu. magoon greenhouse facility Potted; growing under shade-cloth. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lau, j. collector number: 1328 Oahu BISH 8/19/1985
3 Hypoestes phyllostachya Baker University of Hawaii campus, Honolulu. Magoon Greenhouse Facility Potted; growing under shade-cloth. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lau, J. 1328 Oahu BISH 8/19/1985
4 Hypoestes phyllostachya Baker Koloa Dist.; Kalaheo. Cultivated plants from yard at 4543A Puuwai Rd PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Flynn, T. 5988 Kauai BISH 7/12/1996
5 Hypoestes phyllostachya Baker South Kona district, at the Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Capt. Cook Abandoned garden in backyard of house. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Staples, G. 625 Hawaii BISH 5/19/1990
6 Hypoestes phyllostachya Baker Kalaheo. Cultivated plants from yard at 4543A Puuwai Road. Bedding plants originally purchased from K-Mart, Lihue. Cultivated plants. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 5988 Kauai PTBG 7/12/1996
7 Hypoestes phyllostachya Baker magoon facility PRESERVED_SPECIMEN f. rauch & c. crivellone s.n. CAS
8 Hypoestes phyllostachya Baker South Kona district, at the Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Captain Cook. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Staples, G. W. 625 Hawaii US 5/19/1990
9 Hypoestes phyllostachya Baker south kona district, at the amy b. h. greenwell ethnobotanical garden, capt. cook Abandoned garden in backyard of house. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN staples, g.w. (sub staples iii, g.w.) collector number: 625 Hawaii BISH 5/19/1990
10 Hypoestes phyllostachya Baker south kona district, at the amy b.h. greenwell ethnobotanical garden, captain cook. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN g. staples 625 Hawaii US 5/19/1990
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