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Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana

Sherff (1936)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Malpighiales Family: Euphorbiaceae Genus: Euphorbia

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Shrubs or small trees (0.4–)1–8(–9) m tall.

Stems: Stems prostrate to erect, glabrous, flowering branches often nodose, 1–4(–6) mm in diameter.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite, distichous. Blades oblong, obovate, or oblanceolate to elliptic or linear, (4–)10–70(–80) mm long, (3–)5–30(–40) mm wide. Apex acute to obtuse, retuse or mucronulate. Base cuneate to obtuse, oblique. Surfaces glabrous, sometimes glaucous. Margins entire. Petioles (0.5–)1–5(–6) mm long, glabrous to villous. Stipules acute to rounded–triangular, 1–4(–6) mm long, glabrous to villous, erose, ciliate.

Flowers: Flowers in cyathia on compact lateral branches. involucre campanulate, (1–)1.5–3 mm high, 2–4mm wide, glabrous to villous, glands 4–5, green or red, glabrous to pilose. Flowers unisexual and highly reduced. Pistillate flowers solitary, on a gynophore; staminate flowers in 5 groups or cymules, each with 1 to several flowers. Calyx (sepals) absent. Corolla (petals) absent. Male flower reduced to a single stamen, with an articulation at junction of pedicel and filament, subtended by slender bracteoles. Ovary superior; styles yellow, green, or red, bifid less than ½ to more than ½ their length, 0.5–1(–1.5) mm long, glabrous to pubescent; stigma thickened.

Fruit: Capsules green to brown; ovoid to rounded–triangular; (0.5–)2–4 mm long; glabrous to pubescent; gynophores erect; exserted 0.5–1 mm from involucre; glabrous to pubescent. Seeds brown to gray; (0.5–)1–2(–2.5) mm long; tetragonal to obcompressed; smooth to rugose.

Ploidy: 2n = ca. 38*

Habitat: Coastal dry open areas and mesic forest.

Elevation Range: 1–120 m.

Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Endemic

Island Status

O'ahu Endemic

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Bot. Gaz. (Crawfordsville) 97: 594 (1936)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:606 (O [as Chamaesyce celastroides var. kaenana]); Govaerts et al. 2000:692 (NOM:Syn. C. celastroides var. kaenana = Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana); Steinmann & Porter 2002/Yang & Berry 2011 (molecular support for nesting of Chamaesyce within Euphorbia)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN kenneth r. wood|steven perlman wood 0460 Kauai US 12/14/1990
2 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN o. degener 24096 NY 6/17/1956
3 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Cultivated. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN David H. Lorence 10422 Kauai PTBG 10/2/2013
4 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN O. Degener 20609 Oahu F 4/23/1950
5 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Joel Lau 2376 Oahu PTBG 5/12/1986
6 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Among rocks in arid region PRESERVED_SPECIMEN o. degener 11392 NY 7/25/1937
7 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Sida mixed lowland dry shrubland. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 7111 Oahu PTBG 12/16/1987
8 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN G. L. Webster|R. Gankin|D. Herbst TEX 6/22/1968
9 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Fosberg, F. R. 13136 Oahu US 5/30/1936
10 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O.; Degener, I. 27431 Oahu US 5/20/1961
11 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN o. degener & i. degener 27431 Oahu US 5/20/1961
12 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN o. degener, park & -- salucop 11392 Oahu US 7/25/1937
13 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN f. r. fosberg 13136 Oahu US 5/30/1936
14 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 20814 Oahu US 4/8/1950
15 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN s. p. darwin 1081 Kauai US 7/1/1975
16 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In dappled shade. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN lau, j. collector number: 2376 Oahu BISH 5/12/1986
17 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 5222 Oahu PTBG 2/12/1987
18 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Long, C.R. 2214 Oahu BISH 8/21/1964
19 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN o. degener 20609 Oahu F 4/23/1950
20 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN o. degener 11392 Oahu F 7/25/1937
21 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Growing next to Chamaesyce 2877, with Boerhavia, Sida, Jacquemontia, and Gossypium PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Takeuchi, W.N. 2876 Oahu BISH 9/28/1986
22 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Rock strewn slopes PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Takeuchi, W.N. s.n. Oahu BISH 1/28/1984
23 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Xeric scrub; assoc. with Santalum. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN webster, g.l. gankin, r.; herbst, d.r. collector number: 13839 Oahu BISH 6/22/1968
24 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Dry brushy slope above ocean. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Fosberg, F.R. 13136 Oahu BISH 5/30/1936
25 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Sun-baked talus. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 24096 Oahu BISH 6/17/1956
26 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Talus slopes. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 2280.O Oahu BISH 12/16/1915
27 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Takeuchi, W.N. 2877 Oahu BISH 9/28/1986
28 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In mostly Alien Veg. with Sida fallax, Jacquemontia, Santalum ellipticum, Boerhavia, Prosopis pallida, Chloris, Leucaena leucocephala, Digitaria insularis. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN perlman, s.p. collector number: 14025 Oahu BISH 2/16/1994
29 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Xeric scrub; assoc. with Santalum. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Webster, G.L. 13839 Oahu BISH 6/22/1968
30 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information On talus slopes. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. 5134 Oahu BISH 1/22/1987
31 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In mostly Alien Veg. with Sida fallax, Jacquemontia, Santalum ellipticum, Boerhavia, Prosopis pallida, Chloris, Leucaena leucocephala, Digitaria insularis. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. 14025 Oahu BISH 2/16/1994
32 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Talus slopes. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. lake, d. collector number: 2280.o Oahu BISH 12/16/1915
33 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Arid talus above shore PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. collector number: 20814 Oahu BISH 4/8/1950
34 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Acacia-Sapindus savanna community. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. degener, i. collector number: 27431 Hawaii BISH 5/20/1961
35 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Xeric scrub; assoc. with Santalum. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Webster, G.L. Gankin, R.; Herbst, D.R. Collector Number: 13839 Oahu BISH 6/22/1968
36 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Sida miced lowland dry shrubland with Lipochaeta integrifolia, Sida fallax, Portulaca oleracea, Leucaena leucocephala, Schinus Lipochaeta lobata, Senna gaudichaudii. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN perlman, s.p. lau, j.; gon, s. collector number: 7111 Oahu BISH 12/16/1987
37 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information with Metrosideros, Antidesma, Styphelia, Scaevola, Pittosporum, Cheirodendron, Tetraplasandra, Pelea, Broussaisia PRESERVED_SPECIMEN perlman, s.p. collector number: 5134 Maui BISH 1/22/1987
38 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. degener, i. collector number: 24096 Lanai BISH 6/17/1956
39 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Among rocks with Santalum ellipticum in arid regions. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. park, k.k.; salucop, f. collector number: 11392 Oahu BISH 7/25/1937
40 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Dry brushy slope above ocean. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN fosberg, f.r. collector number: 13136 Oahu BISH 5/30/1936
41 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN O. Degener 11392 Oahu F 7/25/1937
42 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN C. N. Forbes 16540 Oahu F 2/25/1911
43 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN O. Degener 20814 Oahu F 4/8/1950
44 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Webster GL; Gankin R; Herbst D Webster, GL; Gankin, R; Herbst, D 13839 L 6/22/1968
45 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Grady L. Webster, Roman W. Gankin, Derral R. Herbst 13839 MICH 6/22/1968
46 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Among rocks in arid region PRESERVED_SPECIMEN o. degener 8038 NY 3/21/1931
47 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Xeric scrub on lower slopes PRESERVED_SPECIMEN G. L. Webster 13839 NY 6/22/1968
48 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Rock strewn slopes PRESERVED_SPECIMEN takeuchi, w.n. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 1/28/1984
49 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Mostly Alien Veg. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 14025 Oahu PTBG 2/16/1994
50 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O.; Park; Salucop, -- 11392 Oahu US 7/25/1937
51 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O.; Degener, I. 24096 Oahu US 6/17/1956
52 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN o. degener 20814 Oahu US 4/8/1950
53 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. P. 14025 Oahu US 2/16/1994
54 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN o. degener & i. degener 24096 Oahu US 6/17/1956
55 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN c. n. forbes 16540 Lanai US 2/25/1911
56 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN s. p. perlman 14025 Oahu US 2/16/1994
57 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Darwin, S. P. 1081 Kauai US 7/1/1975
58 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In Sida miced lowland dry shrubland with Lipochaeta integrifolia, Sida fallax, Portulaca oleracea, Leucaena leucocephala, Schinus Lipochaeta lobata, Senna gaudichaudii. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. 7111 Oahu BISH 12/16/1987
59 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information In full sun. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Lau, J. 2376 Oahu BISH 5/12/1986
60 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Steve Perlman 5134 Oahu PTBG 1/22/1987
61 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN maccaughey, v. collector number: s.n. Oahu BISH 3/28/1915
62 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN takeuchi, w.n. collector number: 2877 Oahu BISH 9/28/1986
63 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Growing next to Chamaesyce 2877, with Boerhavia, Sida, Jacquemontia, and Gossypium PRESERVED_SPECIMEN takeuchi, w.n. collector number: 2876 Oahu BISH 9/28/1986
64 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN long, c.r. collector number: 2214 Oahu BISH 8/21/1964
65 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN O. Degener 27431 Oahu F 5/20/1961
66 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Among rocks in arid region. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 8038 Oahu BISH 3/21/1931
67 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN MacCaughey, V. s.n. Oahu BISH 3/28/1915
68 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 27431 Oahu BISH 5/20/1961
69 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information closed Acacia forest PRESERVED_SPECIMEN herbst, d.r. collector number: 1159 Hawaii BISH 6/22/1968
70 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information On arid exposed talus. Growing with Sida, Gossypium, Santalum, Jacquemontia, grasses. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Herbst, D.R. 1159 Oahu BISH 6/22/1968
71 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Arid talus above shore PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 20814 Oahu BISH 4/8/1950
72 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Steep grassy slopes, with Erythrina, Myoporum, Rauvolfia, Schiedea kealiae. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Perlman, S. 5222 Oahu BISH 2/12/1987
73 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Steep grassy slopes, with Erythrina, Myoporum, Rauvolfia, Schiedea kealiae. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN perlman, s.p. obata, j. collector number: 5222 Oahu BISH 2/12/1987
74 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Among rocks in arid region. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN degener, o. hirai, w.; park, k.k. collector number: 8038 Oahu BISH 3/21/1931
75 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Among rocks with Santalum ellipticum in arid regions. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Degener, O. 11392 Oahu BISH 7/25/1937
76 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN O. Degener 8038 Oahu F 3/21/1931
77 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN o. degener 27431 Oahu F 5/20/1961
78 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN o. degener 20814 Oahu F 4/8/1950
79 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information PRESERVED_SPECIMEN o. degener 8038 Oahu F 3/21/1931
80 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information 30 feet above shore PRESERVED_SPECIMEN o. degener 20814 NY 4/8/1950
81 Euphorbia celastroides var. kaenana Sherff Contact Bishop Museum Botany department for locality information Xeric scrub on lower slopes PRESERVED_SPECIMEN g. l. webster 13839 NY 6/22/1968
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