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Dopatrium junceum

(Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. ex Benth. (1835)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Plantaginaceae Genus: Dopatrium

horsefly's eye

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Somewhat fleshy, small herbs 1–3 dm tall, glabrous.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite. Blades oblong–ovate or elliptic–ovate, lowest ones 2–3 cm long, 0.3–0.6 cm wide, upper ones scale-like, ca. 0.3–0.5 cm long. Margins entire. Sessile. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers solitary in the leaf axils. Flowers bisexual (perfect); pedicels capillary, 10–25 mm long. Calyx ca. 1–1.5 mm long, deeply 5–cleft. Corolla pale blue, ca. 3 mm long, bilabiate, upper lip overlapping lower lip in bud, 2-lobed, lower lip much larger, 3-lobed, the lobes spreading. Stamens 2, with 2 staminodes included in corolla tube. Ovary superior, 2-carpellate, with as many cells; ovule placentation axile; stigma 2-lobed.

Fruit: Capsules globose to ovoid; 2–3 mm long. Seeds ovoid; ca. 0.2 mm long; transversely and laterally ribbed.

Ploidy: 2n = 28

Habitat: Sparingly naturalized in Hanalei and Hanapepe valleys in and around taro patches.

Elevation Range: near sea level.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Edwards's Bot. Reg. 21: t. 1770 [4] (1835)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1240 (K)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Dopatrium junceum (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. ex Benth. u.s.fish and wildlife reservation, hanalei valley, in and around taro patches; PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herbst, d.r. collector number: 5950 Kauai BISH 7/18/1977
2 Dopatrium junceum (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. ex Benth. U.S.Fish and Wildlife Reservation, Hanalei Valley, in and around taro patches; PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D.R. 5950 Kauai BISH 7/18/1977
3 Dopatrium junceum (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. ex Benth. Hanalei, along the Hanalei River PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D. R. 5911 Kauai US 7/18/1977
4 Dopatrium junceum (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. ex Benth. KAUAI: Hanalei District, Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge. F looded taro paddies PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 6759 Kauai PTBG 11/1/2000
5 Dopatrium junceum (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. ex Benth. hanalei district, hanalei national wildlife refuge PRESERVED_SPECIMEN t. w. flynn, c. imada, t. alexander & m. silbernagle 6759 Kauai US 11/1/2000
6 Dopatrium junceum (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. ex Benth. KAUAI: Hanapepe Valley. Between Ko Road and Hanapepe River. In wetland taro field. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Tim Flynn 2275 Kauai PTBG 8/3/1987
7 Dopatrium junceum (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. ex Benth. Hanalei District, Hanalei National Wildlife Refuge PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Flynn, T. W.; Imada, C.; Alexander, T.; Silbernagle, M. 6759 Kauai US 11/1/2000
8 Dopatrium junceum (Roxb.) Buch.-Ham. ex Benth. hanalei, along the hanalei river PRESERVED_SPECIMEN d. r. herbst 5911 Kauai US 7/18/1977
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